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People with Disability Australia
Friday 29th November, 2024

PWDA joined the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian agencies and the Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC), and 18 disability and…

ABC News
Sunday 24th November, 2024

The ABC is featuring stories by people with disability in partnership with the International Day of People with Disability. From November 19 to December 10, the ABC celebrates the wins,…

Australian Catholic University
Friday 1st November, 2024

This research study is part of a larger study that is aimed at understanding and improving how people with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) understand and access support, education, services and assessment…

Australian Human Rights Commission
Friday 11th October, 2024

Powerful words from Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Rosemary Kayess, at the National Virtual Disability Conference! The address focused on New Frontiers, and how the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…

Women with Disabilities Australia
Saturday 20th July, 2024

The current legal frameworks in Australia do not effectively protect, promote or advance the rights of people with disabilities. Australia’s current approach to human rights and anti-discrimination is fragmented and…

Star Weekly
Saturday 13th July, 2024

A new, faster pathway to better meet the needs of people living with disabilities and a terminal diagnosis has been discovered. Palliative Care Australia (PCA) chief executive Camilla Rowland said,…

ABC News
Sunday 7th July, 2024

Sex work will be banned from being funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme under NDIS Minister Bill Shorten’s planned reforms, the minister has confirmed. The decision to exclude sex…

People with Disability Australia
Friday 14th June, 2024

People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national cross-disability peak body and representative organisation, has reissued its call for governments to prioritise and fund action plans that support the transition away…

ABC News
Friday 26th April, 2024

In recent years legal aid services around the country have warned that too little government funding has left them struggling to ensure everyone can equal access to justice, regardless of…

Victorian Advocate
Monday 4th March, 2024

In this opinion piece, freelancer John Loeppky argues that seeing disability as a culture fosters connection and encourages more support for disabled people.

Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Saturday 3rd February, 2024

At the heart of the Commission’s work is a vision for a fair, safe and inclusive Victoria where every person is respected and treated with dignity. To achieve this vision,…

ABCNews
Thursday 1st February, 2024

Prominent human rights lawyer Rosemary Kayess has told the ABC the disability discrimination act needs reform, in her first interview in the role.