“NDIS Board Recruiter must be replaced after failing to offer up a single candidate with either a disclosed disability or lived experience of disability.” said Trevor Carroll, President of Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) and spokesperson for...
Advocates raise concerns over casual demeaning of people with disability at Wimbledon
In the past week two high profile Australian tennis players have caused a wave of sadness and anger in the disability community by using the word ‘retard’ at Wimbledon. Today, Disability Australia, representing over 200,000 Australians with disability, called for...
Disability Australia Embraces the Appointment of the New Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Alastair McEwin
National people with disability organisations have embraced the appointment of the new Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Alastair McEwin. Disability Australia congratulates the Attorney General, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC for the appointment of a...
2016 Budget – Don’t link NDIS to welfare cuts
Primarily people with disability welcome the governments continued support of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), the most important reform of our time’ said Matthew Wright CEO of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO). However the...
‘Victorian Budget lays the foundations for NDIS’ say people with disability
‘The Victorian State Budget is another important step for people with disability in the lead up to the National Disability Insurance Scheme’ said Matthew Wright CEO of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations on behalf of four key advocacy groups for...
People with disability reject WA Government ‘My Way or the Highway’ approach
he WA Government is not listening to people with disability when it comes to the future provision of services and supports. People with disability are clear that they want WA to be genuinely part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Western Australians...