MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Cross Disability Alliance (ACDA) is appalled at the report on last night’s ABC 7.30 program about the abuse and restraint of a student with disability. “This is not an issue of one ‘bad’ school, one ‘bad’ teacher or one ‘bad’ education system – it is clearly a national, systemic issue that…
The Australian Cross Disability Alliance (ACDA) joins the call to end mandatory and indefinite detention of asylum seekers as a matter of urgency. The exposure of the inhuman treatment of refugees on Nauru contained in the ‘Nauru Files’ is damning for Australia. We have clear evidence that the current conditions facing detainees in offshore mandatory…
This report provides an overview of the key activities of DPO Australia for the period July 2015 – July 2016 under four key, interconnecting areas: Submissions & Policy Advice: active participation in reform and review processes conducted by government/s and other key stakeholders, including through active participation on working and advisory groups and by providing…
The major political parties, the Liberal-National Coalition, the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens, have responded to the Australian Cross Disability Alliance election platform – details are set out below. Liberal-National Coalition – Election 2016 – Coalition response to ACDA election platform (PDF 500kb) Election 2016 – Coalition response to ACDA election platform (Word…
Cashelle Dunn, Bonnie Millen and Brendan Pearce are over in New York attending the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD 2016 for the Australian Cross Disability Alliance – you can read more about the full delegation here. They are sending back some videos, detailing what they are doing, and Brendan has a report on…
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Cross Disability Alliance (ACDA) calls on all election candidates to commit to building a disability inclusive Australia by supporting key election priorities outlined in the ACDA Election Platform released today. The ACDA Election Platform, “Building a Disability Inclusive Australia” asks for commitment to 13 policy priorities that will help shape and…
