Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) has been funded by the Australian Government for two years (until until 30 June 2024), to coordinate services between seven to seventeen Disability Representative Organisations (or DROs) that engage in systematic advocacy on behalf of people with disability.
The National Coordination Function (NCF) will support:
- National Disability Representative Organisations funded by the Australian Government
- DRO program by providing secretariat support and other key functions
- Improved collaboration between DROs, leading to more coordinated input and advice to government; and
- Streamlined and strategic reporting to the Department on the outputs of DRO work
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Joint Media Statement: Co-design and foundations essential to get NDIS right
A group of National Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) believe the changes announced in Federal Parliament to amend the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, can only work if people with disability and our families, supporters, communities and organisations are front and centre in their design, with the appropriate foundations in place.
Disability Representative Organisations of the NCF:
- People with Disability Australia
- First Peoples Disability Network
- National Ethnic Disability Alliance
- Women with Disabilities
- Children and Young People with Disability Australia
- Inclusion Australia
- Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (consortium)
- Down Syndrome Australia (consortium)
- Physical Disability Australia
- Autism Alliance National
- Community Mental Health Australia (consortium)
- *Disability Advocacy Network Australia
*DANA is funded in our own right as a peak for the individual advocacy sector. In this capacity, DANA is recognised as a DRO to deliver systemic advocacy through representing people who engage with individual disability advocacy supports.