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Coronavirus Information
Coronavirus (also called COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered virus. The World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 was a...
- Category Youth Network
- Date 17 April 20
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability: Emergency Planning and Response Issues Paper
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is seeking information about the experiences of...
Media release COVID-19 Statement of Concern: Human rights, disability and ethical decision-making
Internationally recognised Australian experts in the areas of human rights, bioethics and disability, have today released a Statement of Concern...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 15 April 20
WWDA’s response to the Disability Royal Commission’s issue paper on education and learning
In 2019 the Disability Royal Commission released an issues paper on education and learning. The issues paper asked 13 questions...
Federal Government responds to disability sector call to action.
MEDIA RELEASE The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Date 3 April 20
Immediate Actions Required for Australians with Disability in Response to Coronavirus (COVID19)
WWDA has joined over 70 Disability People’s Organisations (DPO) and Disability Representative organisations (DROs) across Australia this week to write...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Date 3 April 20
Media Release – Keep us safe: Government-funded workplaces putting up to 20,000 Aussies with intellectual disability in the firing line of COVID-19
Australian workers with intellectual disabilities and their families are concerned they are being exposed to a high risk of contracting...
- Category Employment and Education
- Date 2 April 20
Royal Commission into family violence
In 2019, the Federal Government announced that they would be conducting a Royal Commission into the epidemic of violence, abuse,...
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 31 March 20
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Translated Resources
WWDA has produced an Easy English ‘What is Coronavirus‘ document to explain some key facts about COVID-19 in a simple...
- Category Sexuality and Health
- Date 31 March 20
No Australian Left Offline
WWD has joined a coalition of nearly 30 community sector organisations and advocates has urged the Federal Government to address...
- Date 27 March 20
Disability Royal Commission calls for urgent action
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is calling on all Australian governments to...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 26 March 20
Increase Disability Support Pension now to deal with coronavirus
People with disability who receive the Disability Support Pension (DSP) urgently need access to the increased Coronavirus Supplement of $550...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Date 24 March 20
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Stuart Robert Media Release: New measures to support NDIS participants and providers through COVID-19
21 March 2020 NDIS plans to be extended by up to 24 months, ensuring continuity of support and increasing capacity...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Date 24 March 20
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Easy Read update 16 March 2020
Women With Disabilities Australia have produced an Easy English document on the current CoronaVirus (COVID-19) for women and girls with...
- Category Sexuality and Health
- Date 22 March 20
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council (the Council) – March 2020
On 18 March 2020, the NDIS Commission Disability Sector Consultative Committee (the Committee) met for the second time.
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Date 22 March 20
Urgent measures needed to support people with disability during COVID-19 crisis
People with disability from across Australia are calling for urgent action to make sure we are included in preparations for...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Date 22 March 20
Urgent measures needed to support people with disability during COVID-19 crisis
People with disability from across Australia are calling for urgent action to make sure we are included in preparations for...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Date 20 March 20
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council (the Council) – March 2020
Summary -18 March 2020 The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council (the Council) met by telepresence today. The...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Date 20 March 20
Disability Royal Commission suspends all public events
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has suspended public hearings, due to concerns...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Date 19 March 20
Disability Royal Commission suspends all public events
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has suspended public hearings, due to concerns...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 16 March 20
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Easy Read update 16 March 2020
Women With Disabilities Australia have produced an Easy English document on the current CoronaVirus (COVID-19) for women and girls with...
- Category Sexuality and Health
- Date 16 March 20
International Women’s Day lifts the lid on human rights for women and girls with disability
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) has launched a new website, Our Site, just in time for International Women’s Day. The...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 6 March 20
New website champions the rights of women and girls with disability in Australia
(previously called Our Place) Over 100 women and girls with disability across Australia helped to create ‘Our Site’, a new...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 5 March 20
Help promote Our Site (previously Our Place)
Can you help to promote our new website for women and girls with disability, Our Site? Women With Disabilities Australia...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 17 February 20
NDIS Disability Sector Consultative Committee
Summary -19 November 2019 On 19 November 2019, the NDIS Commission Disability Sector Consultative Committee (the Committee) met for the...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Date 6 February 20