The Board of People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has established a number of voluntary Board Advisory Groups to help make sure that PWDA has strong advisory processes and procedures. The PWDA Board have opened nominations for the PWDA Board Advisory Groups.
The Advancing Women project seeks to improve outcomes for women, girls, feminine-identifying and non-binary people with disability in Australia across leadership representation and workforce participation and safety.
PWDA’s latest submission to the Disability Royal Commission says we must fix systemic exclusion and segregation through a human rights lens.
People with disability are calling on all political parties to get serious about our inclusion in the community in the 2019 NSW State Election. “There are 1.4 million people with disability living in NSW, and we are excluded from many…
Today’s release of the Productivity Commission’s review of the National Disability Agreement (NDA) is an opportunity for all levels of government to take action to deliver on inclusion for the 4.3 million Australians with disability. “We warmly welcome the Productivity…
17 February 2015 Participants from the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be given the chance to speak about their experience as part of an innovative Citizens’ Jury. People with Disability Australia (PWDA) will be running the Citizens’ Jury, which begins…
30 November 2016 National disability groups are calling on Federal Senators to block a Bill that will reduce transport support for people with disability. The Social Services Legislation Amendment (Transition Mobility Allowance to the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Bill 2016,…
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) today welcomed the release of the Australian Local Government Association’s (ALGA) new Disability Guide. The updated guide assists local governments to include people with disability in all parts of their work and helps councils meet…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: National Disability Insurance Scheme and People with Disability Australia 15 October 2015 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has been awarded an international honour for its ground-breaking National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Citizens’ Jury Scorecard Project. The NDIS…
10 February 2015 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) today launched their 2015 NSW Election Platform. “As candidates and political parties ramp up their campaigning and finalise their policy positions, we are providing our priorities for people with disability in NSW.”…
