People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the announcement of $364.5 million funding in tonight’s budget for foundational supports for people with disability. While this safeguards previous budget commitments and provides a modest injection of additional funding in future years, people with disability are not prioritised in key budget measures.
PWDA and Australians with disability will not stand by while the NDIS and the essential supports are threatened by cost-cutting or used as a political football.
PWDA joined other organisations led by the Australian Autism Alliance, in a joint statement calling for critical reform through the establishment of a National Assistance Animal Framework to meet the needs of people with disability and remove inequitable access barriers.
PWDA joins Human Rights Act for NSW (HRA4NSW) – an alliance of forty seven (47) civil society and community organisations in the call for an inquiry into a Human Rights Act for NSW.
PWDA looks at the 2025 theme for International Women’s Day and asks. Is it really for all women and girls if women with disability keep getting left behind?
On Wednesday 19 February, PWDA held an online Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras side event celebrating LGBTQIA+ disability pride – ‘Free to be Proud’.
Media Release People with Disability Australia will be ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
PWDA member Caitlin tells us what being ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ means as a person with disability and member of PWDA during Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025
On Wednesday 19 February, PWDA held an online Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras side event celebrating LGBTQIA+ disability pride – ‘Free to be Proud’.
The 2025-26 NSW Pre-Budget Submission shows that Investing in a more inclusive NSW offers returns for everyone. Discrimination and exclusion are far higher than investing in inclusion.
