Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) and other individuals and organisations supporting this submission welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on the exposure draft of the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023.
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Tag: disability rights (page 8)
Disability rights organisations call for an End to the Violence
The End the Violence plan outlines some of the urgent actions government can take to demonstrate their commitment to people with disability.
Supporting Students with Disability
Are you supporting a student with disability in Southeast, Southwest or Central Sydney? PWDA can help.
Submission: A Human Rights Act for All
Our key recommendation to the Inquiry is that Australia enacts a federal human rights act that upholds the rights of all Australians, including people with disability.
Days are numbered for Restrictive Practices
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is proud to be part of the Disabled Peoples’ Organisations Australia (DPOA) delegation to the 16th session of the United Nations Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Submissions & reports
Our Systemic Advocates regularly respond to Government committees and departments on a range of issues affecting people with disability. Submission list
Disability and Poverty: Submission to the Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia
PWDA’s submission to the Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia makes several recommendation: Read the full submission here: PDF, Word document
Vision for realising our human rights – PWDA submission to the Disability Royal Commission
PWDA’s latest submission to the Disability Royal Commission says we must fix systemic exclusion and segregation through a human rights lens.
No time to lose for OPCAT inspection of disability settings
PWDA has sent a letter to the United Nations OPCAT Committee ahead of the planned visit of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) to Australia in 2022. When visiting Australia,…
Australian disability advocates join UN conference on COVID-19 disability inclusion
A delegation of Australian disability advocates is set to travel to the United Nations in New York next week for COSP15.