We value being inclusive by including members, people with lived experience and others in all we do, including any consultations with the Australian Government, NDIS, and other organisations.
Our submissions provide a collective voice for indepedent disability advocacy organisations across Australia.
You can read our DANA and joint submissions below.
Please select the links below to access recent DANA and joint submissions:
- DANA Submission – Administrative Review Reform (May 2023)
- Disability Services Act Review – DROs Joint Submission (February 2023)
- DANA and AFDO call for continuity of funding in short Pre-Budget Submission (January 2023)
- Independent disability advocacy – DANA Submission to the Disability Royal Commission (PDF) (December 2022)
- Voices of Advocacy (Other submissions informing the Disability Royal Commission)
- DANA Submission on the National Disability Advocacy Framework (PDF) (July 2022)
Endorsements and joint submissions on the NDIS
- Joint submission: National Disability Insurance Scheme appeals at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (authored by Disability Advocacy NSW, Your Say Advocacy Tasmania, and Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service, and supported by a range of advocacy organisations, June 2022)
- Proposed NDIS legislative improvements and the Participant Service Guarantee – Joint submission by Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc. and Rights Information Advocacy Centre Inc.
- Submission to the Joint Standing Committee: Unreasonable and unnecessary harms: Joint submission regarding the NDIS internal review and external appeals processes
- Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2021 – Submission by Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc.
- Joint statement on the Australian Government’s planned reforms to the NDIS
- Response to Consultation on Proposed NDIS Reforms: Access and Independent Assessments
- NDIS Amendment (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Bill 2017 – Joint submission by Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) and DANA
Disability Royal Commission issues
- In 2020, eight National organisations (including DANA) submitted a joint position paper on segregation: Segregation of people with disability is discrimination and must end. This submission has now been endorsed by over 50 organisations and 150 individuals. (See our DRC Blog)
- In August 2022, DANA joined with Inclusion Australia and People with Disability Australia on a joint statement ahead of Public hearing 26 on Homelessness: Housing action long overdue for people with disability
- In late 2022, eight National organisations collaborated on DRO Joint Submission to DRC on identified gaps – November 2022
- See also Voices of Advocacy
Joint statements and letters in relation to COVID-19
- Open Letter to the National Cabinet (April 2020)
- Inclusion Australia, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and DANA urged the closure of Australian Disability Enterprises until the pandemic passes. Read the joint media release.
- Open Letter: Immediate Actions Required To Vaccinate And Protect All Australians With Disability Against Coronavirus (August 2021)
- Joint statement to National Cabinet (January 2022)
For other documents authored or commissioned by DANA, see our Publications page.