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- 50,000 people call for Australian Human Rights Act
Petition 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.
- Joint Communiqué: Disability Representative Organisation and Legal Roundtable on the NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026Communiqué following Disability Representative Organisations and Legal Roundtable to discuss the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026.
- MEDIA RELEASE: PWDA warns new evidence shows Government is not ready for sweeping NDIS reformsPWDA is warning the Government is pushing ahead with the biggest changes in the NDIS before the agencies responsible for delivering them have demonstrated they are ready.
- Joint Statement Calls for No Cuts Before Alternative SupportsDisability Representative Organisations (DROs) continue to engage with developments relating to the NDIS Amendment Bill, including the Senate Inquiry Interim Report, the reopening of submissions, and amendments recently passed through Parliament.
- Media Release: PWDA Responds to NSW BudgetFollowing the release of NSW Budget, PWDA is calling on the NSW Government to commit to the inclusion and wellbeing of people with disability.
- Media Release: PWDA warns NDIS overhaul will cause widespread harmPWDA says the Federal Government’s proposed NDIS overhaul will cause widespread harm across the disability community, warning hundreds of thousands of people will be pushed into isolation, crisis and segregation when they lose the supports they rely on to survive and participate in everyday life.
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