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- Six lessons to improve leadership opportunities for women with disability
A new report from PWDA shows six lessons employers must learn to help remove barriers preventing women with disability from progressing into leadership. - New Collaborative Research to Shine a Light on Restrictive PracticesPeople with Disability Australia and Inclusion Australia are partnering with University of Sydney researchers in new research on the experiences of people with disability subject to restrictive practices.
- Thriving Kids rollout must be the start, not the finishThriving Kids begins rolling out across all Australian states and territories except Queensland today. PWDA is calling on governments to urgently set out what comes next for people with disability who will not be covered by the program.
- Clarity on Queensland’s pathway forward for Foundational SupportLetter to Minister outlining our concerns about the continuing lack of clarity for Queenslanders as Thriving Kids begins rolling out nationally.
- Media Release: Disability Royal Commission Progress Report Card ReleasedThree years since the DRC delivered its Final Report a new coalition has released Australia’s first independent DRC Progress Report Card
- 50,000 people call for Australian Human Rights ActPetition for a Human Rights Act handed to a cross-section of Labor, Greens and independent Federal MPs and Senators at Parliament House today.
- PWDA welcomes Senate rejection of automated aged care assessments, warns against repeating the harm in the NDISPWDA welcomed the Senate’s recognition of the harm caused by automated aged care assessments and warned the Federal Government not to repeat the same mistakes in the NDIS.
- A devastating day for people with disability as NDIS Bill passesPWDA has condemned the passage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, condemning Parliament for proceeding despite the overwhelming evidence of the unacceptable and foreseeable harm these changes will cause people with disability, our families and carers, and the Australian economy.
- PWDA slams Senate Committee’s Recommendation to Pass the NDIS BillPWDA condemns the Senate Committee’s recommendation that the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 proceed.
- “Rip it up”: PWDA urges Parliament to reject NDIS Bill and start againPWDA has called on Parliament to reject the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, warning the Government has chosen to cut participant supports instead of fixing the institutions responsible for administering and safeguarding the Scheme.
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