Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on housing and homelessness
Last week, we looked at the important role of independent disability advocacy and how it is reflected throughout the 12 volumes of the Disability Royal Commission Final Report. In continuing our analysis of the Royal Commission recommendations, we have turned our...
Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on independent disability advocacy
The Final Report on the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) runs to 12 volumes, 5000 pages and 222 recommendations. The important role of independent disability advocacy is reflected throughout these volumes, in many references to submissions made by, or with the...
10 October is World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day! This year’s theme, “Our minds, our rights”, focuses on mental health as a universal human right. Recognising mental health as a universal human right empowers people to advocate for their rights and for the rights of those around them.
DANA’s NDIS Review Summary Reports now online!
Summary Reports from DANA’s NDIS Review Engagement and Solutions plan are now online! You can read and share them now on the DANA website: https://www.dana.org.au/current-work/ndis-review/
What next for the DRC recommendations
As the disability community prepared themselves for the release of the Royal Commission Final Report on September 29, key advocacy organisations came together to hold space for the deep impact this report will have. Meeting in Adelaide in the early hours of Friday,...
Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations Call for Healing
The release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is a huge landmark for the disability community in Australia. It's the start of our journey to an inclusive future. When the report was...