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8 May 2013 : PWDA congratulates Queensland Premier
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes today’s agreement between Prime Minister Gillard and Queensland Premier Campbell Newman signing up to DisabilityCare Australia (previously known as the National Disability Insurance Scheme).
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1 May 2013 : PWDA welcomes NDIS funding levy announcement
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the announcement by the federal government of an increase to the Medicare levy to fund DisabilityCare Australia, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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30 April 2013 : PWDA calls for Medicare-style levy to fund NDIS
Today the national peak body, People with Disability Australia (PWDA) called for bipartisan support to introduce a levy to fund DisabilityCare Australia, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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20 March:Your Say on DisabilityCare Censored
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) President Craig Wallace today questioned an apparent decision to remove responses and comments of people with disability, their families and friends from Your Say, the federal government's online National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) forum.
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14 March 2013
Landmark disability discrimination decision
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) applaud the decision handed down today by the Federal Court in the case of PWDA member, Julia Haraksin’s three-year battle with Murrays Australia Ltd.
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6 December 2012
Monumental triumph in $6 billion NDIS funding agreement
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) congratulates the Commonwealth and NSW Governments in successfully landing the agreement on how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be fully funded for people with disability in NSW. Both Governments have agreed to share the cost of implementing the scheme in pledging over $3 billion each. This agreement will see approximately 140,000 people in NSW receive the support they require when the scheme rolls out in full in 2018.
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28 November 2012 - Media Release
Draft NDIS Bill exposes future hopes
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the publication of the Draft National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Bill. The Draft takes Australia one step closer towards founding the NDIS Launch Transition Agency responsible for delivering the scheme and enabling the launch in July 2013.
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Media Release Archive
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Australia is currently taking place
The Universal Periodic Review is a process undertaken by the United Nations Human Rights Council to review the human rights records of all 192 Member States of the United Nations once every four years. This is the first time Australia has been reviewed by the UPR.
PWD is on the NGO working group that prepared the NGO report to the UN for its review of Australia. We are now watching closely to make sure human rights issues that affect people with disability remain a focus.
Over the past few days a number of countries have requested further information about the forced sterilisation of women with disability in Australia. PWD, in collaboration with Women with Disability Australia, have provided this information to the delegation. It has now been indicated that one Member State, Belgium, will be asking a question at the review about sterilisation practices in Australia. This is a great opportunity for this continuing crime to be exposed to the international community.
To watch the review process taking place LIVE, please click here (note: due to time differences much of the review process takes place at night)
- Click here to watch the review process taking place LIVE, please click here (note: due to time differences much of the review process takes place at night)
- Click here to read and watch NGO Delegation Updates at the Human Rights Law Resource Centre website here
- Click here to learn more about PWD’s participation in the NGO Working Group.
The Australian NGO delegation has prepared a summary of the proceedings. Click here to read this summary. They have tried to provide an update on each of the thematic areas identified by the NGO coalition, so hopefully the update is interesting and useful.
PWDA Publications
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