Responding to suggestions of cost blow outs and reported governance problems at the NDIS, Disability Australia spokesperson and Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) CEO, Matthew Wright said ‘People with disability reject NDIS cost blow outclaims as...
Disability Australia celebrates breakthrough to improve access to books for people with disability
Disability Australia members today joined with people who are blind or vision impaired to celebrate better access to printed material as the Australian government became the twelfth country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty, which will come into force after...
People with disability organisations critical to an NDIS future
Disability Australia welcomes the announcement today by the Australian Labor Party on International Day of People with Disability to re-fund people with disability organisations that represent over 200,000 people with disability across Australia. “We welcome today’s...
Pilot to build disability confidence of small business to be trialled in Geelong
An innovative new pilot by the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) and Deakin University designed to provide practical assistance to Geelong businesses to build their disability confidence will make its debut at the Geelong Chamber of Commerce...
Disability Australia welcomes the Senate’s recommendation for a Royal Commission into violence against people with disability
Disability Australia today announced their full support of the Senate’s Community Affairs Committee’s recommendation for a Royal Commission to conduct a more thorough investigation into violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability. ‘The disability community...
Watershed moment for people with disability as Federal/State NDIS Agreements get signed in Victoria and New South Wales
Today Victoria and New South Wales signed the NDIS bi-lateral agreements with the Federal Government guaranteeing the full roll out of the NDIS for over 50% of Australians. “This is a watershed moment for people with disability and their families in Australia, and for...