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Media Releases Archive

2010

17 August : New Government must end violence against people with disability 38kb Word

13 August : People with Disability Australia (PWD) calls on the next Federal Government to close all institutions housing people with disability Word 37kb

12 August : Making Rights Real - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Word 36kb

10 August : People with disability want a fair go - not ""goodies" Word 36kb

10 August : Mental Health - Recognising the rights of people with Psychosocial Disability Word 39kb

4 August : Disability and Decision 2010 - The Coalition Need to Get it Right! Word 37kb

27 July : Tackling the Barriers: PWD welcomes Government initiatives to make our community accessible Word 37kb

26 July : Creating Tomorrow’s Leaders: PWD welcomes Government Initiative Word 31kb

9 June : PWD challenges decision by NSW Government to redevelop institutions Word 41kb

9 June : NSW Budget is simply Old money for Old ideas Word 31kb

21 May : Rights for Boarding House residents - Time to Act! Word 33kb

12 May : Changes to disability supports cannot leave the vulnerable behind Word 107kb

30 April : PWD Signs ACFID Code of Conduct Word 648kb

28 April : Chn 10: 'Wheelchairs on Jetstar' - Video on the Channel 10 website
The story was followed today by an Editorial in the SMH 'Ease the pain of air travel for disabled' by Nicolas Patrick from DLA Phillips Fox Legal Firm Online at the SMH website

19 April : Hon. Bill Shorten to launch breakthrough Indigenous Initiative Word 2MB

16 March : Opinion piece by academic and lawyer George William in the Sydney Morning Herald - 'The moral quandary of sterilising a child' Online at the SMH website
PWD's Acting President, Jan Daisley, wrote in response Letter to the Editor 18 March 2010 Word 36kb

15 March : New building access standards a victory for human rights Word 37kb

12 March : Forced sterilisation of children with disability is unacceptable Word 37kb

2009

3 December : Human Rights will end poverty for People with Disability - International Day of People with Disability Word 58kb

24 November : Jetstar in the hot seat in the Federal Court over wheelchair access Word 187kb

24 November : Entitlement to assistance and support, not handouts Word 30kb

23 March : A Common Reality: Undiagnosed Impairment in Indigenous Communities Response to Lateline program Word 164kb

 

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