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- PWDA launches new website to mark 40 years of community servicePWDA has launched a new website to help improve how our members, clients and supporters can access our information and engage with our work, activities and events. Launched as part of our 40th anniversary commemorations, the new website reflects current…
- NSW Budget misses the mark for disability communityJune 22, 2022 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) and the Physical Disability Council of New South Wales (PDCN) have called the NSW Budget a disappointment for nine in 10 people with disability in the state, advising that there was nothing…
- Australian disability advocates join UN conference on Covid disability inclusionJune 2, 2022 A delegation of Australian disability advocates is set to travel to the United Nations in New York next week to work with advocates from around the world on increasing efforts to include people with disability in the…
- Disability advocates rank major parties on disability election commitmentsDisability advocates have scored Australia’s major parties and several key independents on the election commitments they’re making in relation to people with disability – and so far it looks like the Greens along with Tasmania’s Andrew Wilkie are leading the…
- Group of 65 organisations and experts call for reform to laws that stop people with disability from votingOn 21 May this year, most adult Australians will vote in the Federal Election. However, there is a whole section of our community who can be removed from the Electoral Roll and disallowed from having their say: people deemed to…
- Labor’s NDIS Reform Plan Welcomed By National Peak Disability OrgPeople With Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed a suite of Labor election commitments in relation to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), calling them “a good plan that responds well to what people with disability and our families have been…
- Peak Disability Org Seeks Federal Election Commitments Around Safety, Security and Support for People with DisabilityDisability advocates want the next federal government to deliver people with disability better protection from COVID, better jobs and financial security, better housing and better support through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The Federal Government is expected to call…
- Peak Disability Org Says Labor’s Budget Reply Needs More DetailAustralia’s peak disability rights and advocacy organisation has welcomed some of the provisions in Labor’s reply to the 2022-23 Federal Budget but says that the Opposition’s response is lacking in detail about measures to support people with disability. PWDA President…
- Disability Sector Calls For Pre-Election Commitments To Improve Disability Emergency And Disaster SupportA coalition of 40 leading disability rights and advocacy organisations has endorsed a pre-election open letter to politicians across the country demanding a new approach and more resources for improving disaster and emergency responses for people with disability. In the…
- Peak Disability Org Slams 2022 Federal Budget For ‘Short-Changing’ People with DisabilityAustralia’s peak disability rights and advocacy organisation has criticised the Federal Government for not providing better support for people with disability in the 2022 Budget. People With Disability Australia (PWDA) says the Federal Government has ignored key budget requests that…
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