Please select the links below to access DANA publications:
- Independent disability advocacy – DANA Submission to the Disability Royal Commission (PDF)
- DANA Submission on the National Disability Advocacy Framework (PDF)
- DANA Snapshot of COVID-19 Advocacy Demand
- DANA Report – Lesson for Disaster Preparedness from 2020
- Voices of Advocacy (Informing the Disability Royal Commission)
About Independent Advocacy
- What do advocates do? (PDF)
- Cost Benefit Analysis of Independent Disability Advocacy
Disability Royal Commission issues
- In 2020, eight National organisations (including DANA) submitted a joint position paper on segregation: Segregation of people with disability is discrimination and must end. This submission has now been endorsed by over 50 organisations and 150 individuals. (See our DRC Blog)
- In August 2022, DANA joined with Inclusion Australia and People with Disability Australia on a joint statement ahead of Public hearing 26 on Homelessness: Housing action long overdue for people with disability
- In late 2022, eight National organisations collaborated on DRO Joint Submission to DRC on identified gaps – November 2022
- See also Voices of Advocacy
Endorsements and joint submissions on the NDIS
- Proposed NDIS legislative improvements and the Participant Service Guarantee – Joint submission by Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc. and Rights Information Advocacy Centre Inc.
- Submission to the Joint Standing Committee: Unreasonable and unnecessary harms: Joint submission regarding the NDIS internal review and external appeals processes
- Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2021 – Joint submission by Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc. and Rights Information Advocacy Centre Inc.
- Joint statement on the Australian Government’s planned reforms to the NDIS
- Response to Consultation on Proposed NDIS Reforms: Access and Independent Assessments
Joint statements and letters in relation to COVID-19
- Open Letter to the National Cabinet (April 2020)
- Inclusion Australia, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and DANA urged the closure of Australian Disability Enterprises until the pandemic passes. Read the joint media release.
- Open Letter: Immediate Actions Required To Vaccinate And Protect All Australians With Disability Against Coronavirus (August 2021)
- Joint statement to National Cabinet (January 2021)
Annual reports
- DANA Annual Report 2022 (PDF)
- DANA Annual Report 2021 (PDF)
- DANA Annual Report 2014 (Word)
- DANA Annual Report 2013 (Word)
- DANA Annual Report 2012 (Word)
- DANA Annual Report 2011(Word)
Financial Statements
- Financial Statements 2022 (PDF)
- Financial Statements 2021 (PDF)
- Financial Statements 2020 (PDF)
- Financial Statements 2019 (PDF)
- Financial Statements 2018 (PDF)
- Financial Statements 2017 (PDF)
- Financials & Documents on the Australian Charities & Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC) Charity Register