Headlines from the Budget: Key Points for Advocates and the Disability Community
WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024Last night, the Federal Government announced their budget for the next financial year, outlining their policy plans for the next 12 months. We’re still digging through the detail, but there are some of the big headlines that affect advocates and...
By Us, For Us – Disability Messaging Guide
After months of collaboration and engagement with people with disability and advocates across the country, DANA is proud to announce the launch of the "By Us, For Us" disability messaging guide, developed in partnership with Australian Progress. This guide is a...
Employment Advocacy for People with Disability
We are thrilled to announce that Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) and Inclusion Australia have successfully secured funding to provide individual advocacy support for people with disability who work in supported employment. Starting on July 1st, the...
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.
RN Breakfast interview: ‘Distressing’: Premiers push to delay NDIS overhaul
27 MARCH 2024DANA Director of Policy and Advocacy, El Gibbs, was interviewed on RN Breakfast about the call from State and Territory governments to delay the transition to Foundational Supports as recommended in the NDIS Review. DANA has transcribed the interview for...
Media Release: Delayed response is delayed action to stop abuse of people with disability
For immediate release: Thursday March 21, 2024 Independent disability advocacy organisations around Australia are today calling for clear deadlines to respond to the landmark Disability Royal Commission (DRC), to stop the epidemic of abuse of people with disability....