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This is a transcript of Emma  Bennison’s (DANA CEO) speech at the NDS Tasmania Conference on May 14, 2026. – Good morning everyone, and thank you for having me here today. It’s genuinely lovely to be here with you in…

Transcript: It’s Emma Bennison, CEO of Disability Advocacy Network Australia. I’d like to start by congratulating People With Disability Australia on a fantastic campaign. I know there’s more to come. But last night’s budget’s being framed as a budget…

Author: Emma Bennison, DANA CEO After a week spent talking publicly about “inclusive communities”, I found myself crying on a plane tonight. Not because anyone yelled at me. Not because of overt cruelty. But because one very ordinary interaction captured the…

Transcript: Hi everyone. It’s taken some time for me to get to a point where I felt able to record this video. In response to Minister Butler’s announcements at the National Press Club on the 22nd of April. That’s partly…

Author: Emma Bennison, DANA CEO In the wake of the latest NDIS reforms, I’ve been hearing a familiar refrain: that we need to rebuild the “community supports” that existed before the scheme. The sporting clubs, arts programs and local services…

Media Statement from Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations Disability advocates call on Government to ensure critical supports remain while NDIS changes are made Wednesday 22 April 2026 Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations acknowledge the need to tackle NDIS fraud and ensure long-term…

Over the last 5 years the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) and Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) have worked collectively to develop the world’s first Aged Care and Disability Advocacy Standard, OPAN and DANA agreed there was a need to develop a…

Transcript: Hi everyone. I’d like to share something a bit different with you today, and I’ve thought long and hard about whether to record this message at all. I’m recording this ahead of Mark Butler’s address to the National…

Transcript: Hi everyone. You might have noticed that we had a little break from our weekly video update over Easter, but we are back again now and first item on the agenda is that we are hearing reports that…

In our previous blog, we explained what IDAP is, why it marks a significant change to disability advocacy, and outlined the person-centred approach at the heart of our submission.  Our second paper — Emerging Design Tensions for the new individual disability advocacy program:  A Person-Centred…