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Working Together to Prevent Everyday Harm
Working Together to Prevent Everyday Harm We are proud to be a community partner in a new project aimed at preventing everyday harm for young people with cognitive disability. The newly launched Working Together Preventing Everyday Harm website gives families,…
International Women’s Day: Recognising Leadership for Women with Disability
International Women’s Day is a moment to recognise how far we’ve come toward gender equality — and the collective work that remains. This year’s theme, Balance the Scales, reminds us that every woman and girl should be safe, heard, and free to shape her own…
CEO Message – 23-02-2026
Transcript: Hi everyone. Last week was a really busy one, connecting with many of our members, partners and stakeholders, to share updates and hear directly from them most importantly. At our members Leadership Forum, I introduced myself and discussed the…
CEO Message – 09-02-2026
Transcript: Hi everyone! I’d like to begin today by acknowledging the recent media reporting about the deaths of people with disability. We recognise that for many in our community, this coverage has been really distressing. We’re saddened by the loss…
CEO Update – 02-02-2026
Transcript: Hi everyone! Before I get into the updates for this week, I’d just like to say a heartfelt thank you to the many of you who, watched and shared last week’s video message. It’s great to know that people,…
Call to end Centrelink penalties and Targeted Compliance framework
Disability organisations reiterate the call for the Government to stop all Centrelink payment penalties and end the Targeted Compliance framework following another alarming report from the Commonwealth Ombudsman about the harms within the mutual obligations system. It reveals that the…
Announcing DANA’s New CEO, Emma Bennison
A message from the DANA Board DANA is excited to announce a significant moment in our journey: The appointment of Emma Bennison as our new CEO, commencing Monday, 15 December. Emma joins DANA with an outstanding record of leadership and…
Strengthening the Disability Discrimination Act
In late October, DANA made a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department as part of their review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA), which was last reviewed in 2008. Since that time, key Court decisions have been made regarding how…
DANA Annual General Meeting Notice
The Annual General Meeting for Disability Advocacy Network Australia Limited (DANA) ABN: 53 136 792 884 will be held on Thursday 27 November 2025. The AGM will run as an online event. We highly encourage members to attend. Date: Thursday 27th November…
DANA CEO announcement
The DANA Board has today announced that our amazing CEO El Gibbs has tendered her resignation due to health reasons. We are immensely saddened to see El Gibbs go and want to pay tribute to her wonderful work for DANA…
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