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Our submission to the COVID-19 Response Inquiry

DANA recently wrote a brief submission to the Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response Inquiry, attaching and linking to previous relevant work. This inquiry is being conducted by an independent panel with extensive experience across public health, health, social care, government and economics. The independent panel is being be supported by a taskforce, based within the Department […]

NDIS Review agrees advocacy plays a crucial role

It’s been a landmark year for disability policy in Australia. Not only is the community still working through the recommendations from the Disability Royal Commission, in addition last Thursday the long-awaited NDIS Review was finally released. There’s plenty to say on the many recommendations of the review, which touch a lot of different aspects of […]

NDIS change must be led by people with disability – Joint media statement

Today, the Independent Review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Review) published its Final Report: Working together to deliver the NDIS

Disability Representative Organisations issued a Joint Media Statement, endorsed by over 70 organisations across Australia.

3 December is International Day of People with Disability 2023

Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on Disability Rights Act

One of the recommendations from the Disability Royal Commission that’s received a lot of attention sits in Volume 4: their recommendation that Australia should legislate a Disability Rights Act. This act would implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) into Australian law and require government and people acting on behalf of […]