23 May 2024 The Hon. Amanda Rishworth MP. Minister for Social Services. Parliament House minister.rishworth@dss.gov.au Dear Minister Rishworth, Request for Urgent Meeting to Discuss Consortium Funding and Sector Challenges We are writing...
Disability Organisations Call for Increased Funding to Implement NDIS Review Recommendations
21 May 2024 The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) is calling on the Australian Government to urgently increase funding for independent and systemic disability advocacy organisations to support the implementation of the...
Budget Fail for Australians with Disability
A sprinkling of cost-of-living relief, for some, is an inadequate Budget response to the significant challenges and major reforms facing people with disability, their families and communities right now and into the foreseeable future.
NDIS change must be led by people with disability
The NDIS Review is a once-in-a-decade chance to make this critical Scheme fit for the future, which will only happen if we have a seat at the table, say people with disability and our organisations.
Human rights, violence, abuse, segregation, older Australians: peak disability body reacts to Disability Royal Commission recommendations
The Disability Royal Commission’s (DRC) recently released 12 volume report into the state of support, laws, policies, and practices has made 222 recommendations ranging from human rights to employment, torture, education, and housing.
Peak Bodies Call for End To Discrimination Against Older People with Disability
Peak advocacy groups Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) and Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) are calling for an end to discrimination against older people with disability.