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- “Rip it up”: PWDA urges Parliament to reject NDIS Bill and start again
PWDA 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.
- Media Statement from Australia’s Disability Representative OrganisationsAustralia’s Disability Representative Organisations are united in calling for a robust Senate Inquiry into the NDIS Reform Bill introduced Thursday 14 May by the Australian Government.
- MEDIA RELEASE: PWDA responds to the 2026-2027 Federal BudgetPWDA says the Federal Budget cuts the supports people with disability rely on to live ordinary lives, without delivering the equivalent alternatives people are being told will replace them.
- PWDA backs President of AHRC call for a national Human Rights ActPWDA backed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Hugh de Kretser’s call for a Human Rights Act, made in an address to the National Press Club.
- Disability advocates call on Government to ensure critical supports remain while NDIS changes are madePWDA raised serious concerns following today’s announcements by the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing Mark Butler, warning the changes risk leaving people with disability without the supports they need to live ordinary lives.
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