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Disability Advocates Say New COVID-19 Vaccine Data Show People With Disability Are Being Left Behind

Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 8:04 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

Disability advocates have increased pressure on the Federal Government to speed up and broaden the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for people with disability after the release of vaccination data which shows the rollout for people with disability is ... More >>

Advocate Calls For People With Disability To Have Vaccine Choice

Thursday, 22 July 2021, 8:22 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

Advocacy organisation People with Disability Australia has called for people with disability and their treating practitioners to be able to assess their risk of getting COVID-19 and choose what vaccine to get after residents and workers at a disability ... More >>

People With Disability Cannot Just ‘Live With COVID’

Saturday, 10 July 2021, 5:30 am | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with disability and their families are in the midst of the crisis of their lives, especially in New South Wales. On one hand, there is a pandemic raging with all the ferocity of an out of control forest fire. On the other, there is a fierce ... More >>

NSW Government Needs To Get Serious About Essential Services For People With Disability

Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 4:26 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) and the Physical Disability Council of New South Wales (PDCN) have urged the NSW Government to get serious about ensuring people with disability can access essential services like transport and housing. PWDA Chief ... More >>

New Survey Points To Need To Speed Up Vaccine Rollout

Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 1:43 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

  PWDA chief executive officer Sebastian Zagarella has acknowledged that while people with disability were left out of the Australian Government’s initial response to the COVID pandemic a new survey from the organisation points to a way ... More >>

COVID-19 Preparation Must Include People With Disability

Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 5:41 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with disability must be included in all plans to manage the current COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. “People with disability need to be included at every stage of this public health crisis, so that we can manage our risk of catching the virus, ... More >>

Awards for Disability Leadership Finalists announced

Monday, 18 November 2019, 5:27 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

An outstanding field of 19 Finalists across 7 categories is announced today in the leadup to the National Awards for Disability Leadership, to be held via Global Live Webcast on 3 December 2019, International Day for People with Disabilities. Finalists ... More >>

Justice for people with disability at last

Monday, 16 September 2019, 8:13 am | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with disability around Australia are hoping today’s opening of the Disability Royal Commission will be the start of bringing us justice for violence against us. More >>

People with disability call for end to violence and neglect

Thursday, 18 July 2019, 8:12 am | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

Violence and neglect against people with disability is a national crisis and must be addressed urgently by all levels of government and disability services. More >>

Employment the antidote to poverty

Saturday, 10 October 2015, 12:07 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

To mark Anti-Poverty Week 2015, the Australian Network on Disability (AND) and People with Disability Australia (PWDA) are calling on employers to recognise the skills, talents and contributions that people with disability can and do bring to the Australian ... More >>

NDIS landmark commitment in NSW and Vic welcomed

Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 3:56 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) congratulates the Australian, NSW and Victorian Governments for reaching agreements that will ensure the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be rolled out in full in these States. More >>

2015 Budget: modest but welcome measures for disability

Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 11:33 am | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the 2015 Budget commitments to a modest but promising package of initiatives to address employment participation of people with disability. “For some time, PWDA has called for a comprehensive jobs ... More >>

Outrageous decision on disability wages

Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 9:42 am | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

A decision by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to grant the Australian Government a further four month exemption to allow Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) to continue to pay workers under the discriminatory Business Services Wage ... More >>

PWDA joins call to reject harsh budget measures

Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 12:17 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) joins the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) and representatives from across the community sector in Canberra today to call on our elected representatives to protect those living on income support from ... More >>

People with Disability Australia: We are ready to lift

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 12:30 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the election of the new Australian Government and offers our congratulations to the incoming Prime Minister, Mr Abbott. More >>

Election 2013 Policy - Six Ways to Stem the Tide

Monday, 12 August 2013, 3:19 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has called for a coordinated national effort to stamp out violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability and improve access to the justice system. More >>

WA In NDIS – Whole of Australia Covered

Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:03 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Rudd that Western Australia will sign up to DisabilityCare. More >>

Australia, Let's Get Real with Jobs

Monday, 8 July 2013, 2:20 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

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. More >>

Myer Needs to Get On With The Job

Monday, 1 July 2013, 1:52 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

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. More >>

PWDA welcomes Coalition commitment to the NDIS

Saturday, 18 May 2013, 12:33 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the commitment by the Coalition to maintain the funding support for the NDIS (DisabilityCare) and ensure the scheme remains true to the principles of the Productivity Commission report. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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