25 February 2015 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) cautiously welcomes some key recommendations from the final report from the Reference Group on Welfare Reform released today while expressing concerns about eligibility rules that could see claimants needing to show they…
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We need more jobs not more doctors
Friday 12 December 2014 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is shocked at the announcement by Minister Andrews today that from 1 January 2015, only government contracted doctors will assess new DSP claims. PWDA agrees that if there are issues of fraud…
National Peak Disability and Advocacy Organisations applaud Senate Vote to Block BSWAT Payment Scheme Bill 2014
25 November 2014 National Peak Disability Consumer and Advocacy Organisations applaud the Senate vote to block the passing of the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) Payment Scheme Bill 2014. In blocking the Bill, the Senate has shown support for…
Disability advocates call on Senate to stop Bill stripping wages from workers with intellectual disability
25 August 2014 Today, four national peak disability groups will join with the AED Legal Centre and more than 30 community disability organisations to launch an open letter calling on politicians from all parties to vote against a bill to extinguish the…
BUDGET 2014: A mixed bag for disability “We need a jobs guarantee, not a welfare guarantee”
Tuesday 13 May 2014 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed the Budget announcement that the Federal Government intends to roll out the NDIS on time and in full. However, PWDA expressed concerns that thousands under the age of 35…
Australian Human Rights Commission supports continued discrimination of employees with disability
30 April 2014 National peak disability and advocacy groups condemn the decision by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to allow the Australian Government and sheltered workshops (also known as Australian Disability Enterprises or ‘ADEs’) to continue to discriminate against employees…
Economic loss acknowledged but discrimination continues
15 January 2014 Economic loss acknowledged but discrimination continues People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the recognition by the Commonwealth that people with intellectual disability who have been paid according to the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) in Australian…
We are ready to lift
9 September 2013 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the election of the new Australian Government and offers our congratulations to the incoming Prime Minister, Mr Abbott. We welcome the comments on Saturday night by Mr Abbott that “a good government is…
Australia, let’s get real with jobs
8 July 2013 People with Disability Australia calls on Federal, State and Local Government, employers in business and the third sector to get real with jobs for people with disability with the launch of our Getting Real on Jobs. “The recent…
Myer needs to get on with the job
Monday 1 July 2013 Today the national cross-disability peak body, People with Disability Australia (PWDA) called for Myer to stop shooting the messenger and start walking the talk on disability employment. This follows a critical opinion editorial piece in today’s Australian…