Today, Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA), on behalf of DPO Australia, is attending a full day workshop with the Department of Social Services to provide further input on NDIS Code of Conduct guidance material. The NDIS Code of Conduct will guide the actions of services and workers who provide services to people with disability under…
Today, the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs (the Committee) released their report into delivery of outcomes under the National Disability Strategy 2010 – 2020 (NDS). The NDS is a ten year national policy framework for improving the life of people with disability in Australia, their friends, families and carers. The Committee noted that while…
Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia) formally briefed the UN Committee on Civil and Political Rights in Geneva on Monday 16 October in regard to the protection of the rights of people with disability. The DPO Australia briefing focused on high level key issues including all forms of violence, denial of legal capacity, substitute decision-making regimes, migration laws, restrictive practices, mental health…
In September 2017, Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia) provided a brief submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee’s inquiry into the Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017 (the Bill) and 10 related bills [provisions] expressing support for an increase in the Medicare Levy to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The package of bills amends…
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) holds regular forums for CEOs of national peak organisations. The purpose of the meetings are to talk about the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as well as to listen to feedback from the sector. The members of DPO Australia attend these forums to discuss key issues and concerns…
Complaints with National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) planning processes have soared by 700 percent in the last year, according to the Commonwealth Ombudsman. Many of the complaints related to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) conducting planning meetings by phone – a practice which has now changed. The NDIA have made a statement that they…
