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By Carolyn Frohmader, Therese Sands and Rosemary Kayess

In 2020 the Disability Royal Commission released an issues paper on the awareness and recognition of the rights of people with disability. The issues paper includes 10 questions asking the public to share their views about about the level of awareness that people with disability, and the wider community, have about the rights of people…

Our June Newsletter was sent out to our members and subscribers. If you would like to receive these emails you can become member or subscribe. June’s newsletter included information on: WWDA Update Gold Coast Disability Expo WWDA LEAD Avenues of Support Webinar!  Art prize – closes soon!   New WWDA LEAD Blog posts Next Peer Networking event Disability…

The Disability Royal Commission is holding a series of public hearings around the country to gather evidence about violence, neglect, abuse and exploitation of people with disability. Public hearings are formal proceedings in which witnesses give evidence, under oath or affirmation, about events and issues that are relevant to the Disability Royal Commission’s terms of reference. All public…

What was the DRC? A Royal Commission is a way the Australian Government can look into a big problem. In 2019, the Australian Government started the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability which will go until 2023. We call this the Disability Royal Commission or (DRC). We need the…

Our May Newsletter was sent out to our members and subscribers. If you would like to receive these emails you can become member or subscribe. May’s newsletter included information on: WWDA Update Meet our new Project Officer – Saphia Grant!  WWDA LEAD NDIS and Gender Webinar – next week!  Photographs, drawings, paintings, craft – do you have a…

Last week, WWDAs Senior Policy Officer, Elly Desmarchelier spoke to Radio Adelaide about what the 2021-2022 Federal Budget has in store for women and girls with disability. Elly explained that this years federal budget was a bit of a “mixed bag,” with “some investments specifically to prevent violence and abuse – but ongoing concerns and…

Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) has welcomed investments in the Federal Budget to address violence against women and girls with disability but believes more work is needed to restore confidence in the future of the NDIS. After decades of advocacy by WWDA, last night’s Federal Budget was the first to recognise violence specifically facing women…

A Royal Commission is a way the Australian Government can look into a big problem. In 2019, the Australian Government started the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability which will go until 2023. We call this the Disability Royal Commission or (DRC). We need the Disability Royal Commission because…

Our April Newsletter was sent out to our members and subscribers. If you would like to receive these emails you can become member or subscribe. April’s newsletter included information on: Disability Royal Commission Our Disability Royal Commission Webinar: Recording now available!  New WWDA Submissions Upcoming Public Hearings Family Violence Developing the next National Plan to Reduce Violence against…