People with Disability People with disability were barely acknowledged in the Federal Budget – and in tonight’s Opposition Budget Reply, we weren’t mentioned at all.
Tag: disability rights
Joint Statement: People with disability invisible in Federal Budget
The Federal Budget raises more questions than answers about how people with disability are going to be supported through the government’s major reforms to the NDIS.
Federal Budget 2025: People with disability invisible in key budget measures but funding for disability supports a start
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.
“We will be watching” – People with Disability Australia warns against cuts to the NDIS
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.
Joint Statement Calling for People with Disability’s Access to Assistance Animals to be Protected
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.
Alliance of NSW organisations calls for Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for NSW
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.
International Women’s Day 2025: What does it mean to women and girls with disability?
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?
The 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras allowed PWDA members to be ‘Proud and Free to be Me’
On Wednesday 19 February, PWDA held an online Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras side event celebrating LGBTQIA+ disability pride – ‘Free to be Proud’.
PWDA will be ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Media Release People with Disability Australia will be ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Why PWDA member Caitlin is ‘Proud and Free to be Me’
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