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Our advisory boards give advice and support to our Board of Directors and Executive Staff in many important areas.

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Childhood sexual abuse

Too often, child sexual abuse goes unreported. PWDA is here to support people with disability who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Group of 65 organisations and experts call for reform to laws that stop people with disability from voting

On 21 May this year, most adult Australians will vote in the Federal Election. However, there is a whole section of our community who can be removed from the Electoral Roll and disallowed from having their say: people deemed to…

Key disability advocacy groups join with ACOSS to urge Government to act on DSP Senate Inquiry Report

Whilst there are some welcome recommendations in the Report, we urge the government to take responsibility for taking action on addressing the level of need and distress that people with disability experience while trying to survive on income support. Australia…

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We’re Australia’s peak advocacy organisation for people with disability or who are d/Deaf. Since 1981, we’ve been advancing and protecting the rights, health and wellbeing of the people and communities we serve.

Disability Sector Urges No Vote From MPs On Religious Discrimination Bill

Australia’s peak disability organisations have released a statement expressing deep concern about the impact on people with disability of the new Religious Discrimination Bill which will be debated in Parliament tomorrow.

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My experiences have taught me not to trust the police

Until my thirties, I was under the misguided illusion that police protect and serve the public.

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First Nations people with disability and the criminal justice system – Part 2

Part 2: Marisa Sposaro (Doin’ Time, 3CR) interviews Peta MacGillivray (Social Policy and Research, UNSW Sydney) on First Nations people with disability and the criminal justice system.

First Nations people with disability and the criminal justice system – Part 1

Part 1: Marisa Sposaro (Doin’ Time, 3CR) interviews Professor Eileen Baldry (Criminologist, UNSW Sydney) on First Nations people with disability and the criminal justice system.

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They’re denying us a basic human right, and that will never be okay

I eventually won the fight to get the provisions I needed, but the road was convoluted and demeaning, writes Hannah Diviney.

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Childhood sexual abuse

Group of 65 organisations and experts call for reform to laws that stop people with disability from voting

Key disability advocacy groups join with ACOSS to urge Government to act on DSP Senate Inquiry Report

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Disability Sector Urges No Vote From MPs On Religious Discrimination Bill

My experiences have taught me not to trust the police

First Nations people with disability and the criminal justice system – Part 2

First Nations people with disability and the criminal justice system – Part 1

They’re denying us a basic human right, and that will never be okay