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09/11/2026

NDIS cuts lowdown: NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme staffers will hold two community forums in South Perth on Tuesday next week, November 17.

People attending will get the National Disability Insurance Agency's public explanation on what the changes are and what it claims they mean for people.

The sessions are targeted at people with disability, their supporters, carers and family, and the disability sector representatives, including disabled people's organisations like People With disabilities WA.

The three-hour morning session will run from 9.30am to 12.30pm while the afternoon session will run at 1.30–4.30pm. Light refreshments will be provided.

Accessibility support will be provided at no cost to you, if you request it.

🎟️ To get tickets, see the link in comments 👇

30/10/2026

Appalling: 155,000 children aged 0–18 will be removed from the NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme by mid-2031. Disgusting!

We need good systems to support people, and the NDIS needs to stay one of them.

28/10/2026

Healthy Me: People with disability who want to stay healthy, get fit and cook more can enrol in a Mandurah stay-connected course.

The four-week City of Mandurah Healthy Me Connected course in the Peel region is open to people with disability and their support workers.

Running from November 5 to 26 in Dawesville and Mandurah central, the two-hour sessions aim to get people moving, cooking, volunteering and playing pickleball.

To find out more and enrol for the $11.90 program, see the link in comments 👇

26/10/2026

No thanks: PWdWA has joined national disability orgs in rejecting the resumption of pension cut-offs by Centrelink.

The return of penalties today by the Services Australia Centrelink program is another dark day for people with disability in Australia.

From today, at least 396,000 people with disability on payments who are forced to say yest to "mutual obligations" to get their payments may be cut-off from payments if they are marked non-compliant by employment service providers or Centrelink.

Single mothers with disability on Parenting Payment, carers with disability, and any other people with disability not on the Disability Support Pension could be turfed off their payments for not complying -- or if their service providers says they are not meeting requirements.

Workforce Australia, Inclusive Employment Australia or the Remote Australia Employment Service are some of the services that could mark people non-compliant and therefore participate in putting people at threat of losing their payments.

Being cut off from Centrelink is a very scary thing. The struggle to reverse the sometimes swift decision is extremely stressful and can mean people don't have funds to eat, pay bills or pay for accommodation.

People With disabilities WA welcomed the suspension of penalties previously and wants the suspension to be reinstated, just like a suite of other national disability representative orgs do.

We support the Joint statement from Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) about Targeted Compliance Framework the orgs have put out today.

Like us, many would agree with Inclusion Australia and the national orgs that, "People with disability face significant barriers navigating employment services and meeting requirements that are often inaccessible.

"These harms ... affect people across all disability communities, particularly where individual circumstances, accessibility requirements and reasonable adjustments are not adequately recognised.

"Compelling people to meet these requirements as a condition of receiving income support, under threat of payment suspension or cancellation, puts lives at risk. "

Do you recommend penalties be suspended or removed going forward?

The Australian Autism Alliance AFDO - Australian Federation Of Disability Organisations Children and Young People with Disability Australia Down Syndrome Australia Disability Advocacy Network Australia - DANA First Peoples Disability Network National Ethnic Disability Alliance Physical Disability Australia - PDA People with Disability Australia Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)

22/10/2026

Equal opportunity: We're pleased to learn more about how the WA Government and WA Attorney General Dr. Tony Buti MLA plan to move forward WA equal opportunity laws.

We're glad the Roger Cook government is planning to introduce an amendment to our local Equal Opportunity Act 1984, to strengthen it in line with recommendations from the hard-working folk over at the Law Reform Commission.

Getting guaranteed reasonable accommodations at work and school in Western Australia are one of the upsides of the proposed legislative amendment.

Another is better protection from discrimination, harassment, and vilification. With society so angry at the moment, there's never been a better time for protections from horrid behaviour.

People With disabilities WA CEO Kat Johns attended the state government's briefing yesterday with Dr Buti and welcomed the reforms.

Kat said, "PWdWA welcomes the strengthening of protections for the disability community and wider protections for everyone in Western Australia.

"Schools will not be able to refuse entry on the grounds of disability, and reasonable adjustments must be made to ensure equality in the classroom and the workplace.

"PWdWA is working together with other organisations and peak bodies across the community services sector to better understand the details, but our response so far is overwhelmingly positive."

The legislation if passed will bring WA into line with the federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992, and while the pathway remains the same through the Equal Opportunity Commission WA, key changes include:

1) There'll be no cap on compensation upper limit – it’s currently only $40,000

2) The legislation will feature much stronger protections for school kids and workers with disability, and people accessing services in the community

3) The Act's terminology will be changed from using the word impairment to disability

4) The EOA's vision of what are reasonable adjustments will be significantly strengthened in line with the DDA.

The benefits to the community from the reforms would be significant, especially considering the waitlist for federal complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission have a backlog of up to 12 months. Our state would therefore provide an equally strong pathway to justice that could be achieved much faster.

Department of Justice WA

20/10/2026

Sending love: Our thoughts are with politician Helen Haines who has lost a leg after a horrific alleged attack outside her electorate office.

Like many members of our community, Ms Haines has acquired permanent disability after the alleged act of violence.

ABC News says it has confirmed one of Ms Haines' legs has been amputated. News Limited is reporting there are fears she may lose the other leg.

We are sending love to Ms Haines, her friends and family, and her fellow politicians who are understandably upset and afraid.

Ms Haines' alleged attack by Brendan Nugent, 43, comes after a difficult few weeks in politics, where a number of politicians have been targeted with death threats, abusive material and alleged bullying and retribution.

These attacks have been triggering for many in our community and we encourage people to take care of themselves and talk to someone if they need to.

We also encourage people who are spiralling to get help, not stay online getting more and more agitated while being isolated.

If you need to talk to someone, you can call the following national services:

▶️ 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732
▶️ Crisis Care Helpline on 1800 199 008
▶️ Lifeline on 13 11 14

You can also ask for an emergency appointment with your treating practitioners.

If you feel it's time to report a crime, you can also visit your local Western Australia Police Force police station, dial 131 444 or call Crime Stoppers WA on 1800 333 000.

—People with Disabilities WA

09/10/2026

NDIA terror: The National Disability Insurance Agency has reportedly raised a number of unjustified child protection reports against the parents of kids PWdWA is supporting when the parents object to massive underfunding of the children's needs in NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme plans.

The NDIA's actions are creating a culture of fear and terror that's not acceptable. The NDIA is also trawling children's NDIS data for material as its officers inappropriately allege abuse and neglect. It's a beat-up that's truly disgusting.

Like our friends over at SWAN - South West Autism Network, our client-families are getting knocks on the door from the Western Australian Department of Communities too, and are finding the WA Government is just as appalled at the NDIA's unjustified actions.

PWdWA thanks SWAN for publicly highlighting this disturbing trend that has emerged again this year. We particularly note SWAN CEO Nick Avery's comments to Australian Associated Press that ran on the Michael West Journo MichaelWestMedia Independent Journalists platform.

AAP reported Nick said, “When (parents) query large funding cuts, they’re being told ‘that’s parental responsibility (and) if you can’t perform your parental responsibilities we’ll have to contact child protection and family support’,” she said.

“NDIS staff are following through on that threat … simply because the parents are asking for more support for their child.”

The NDIA's justification for cutting support worker hours in plans are that the missing coverage is instead "parental responsibility." By doing this, the agency is presenting a weak fictional argument that is putting kids at risk of inadequate professional care at home and in the community.

Parents who say the time that's been funded for years is still justified are – appropriately – advocating for their children and family's needs and aren't engaging in abuse and neglect by doing so.

Shame on the NDIA for allegedly arguing abuse and neglect, and shame on the agency for trying to terrorise people into not objecting to the inappropriate cuts it's made to many children's NDIS plans.

Parents are simply advocating for their children, a key parental responsibility that predates the weak fictional definition the agency has created since leaning into widespread cuts.

To the NDIA and its staff: do better.

To the Australian Parliament inquiry into the NDIS who heard about this trend this week from SWAN: make the Australian Government do better.

To the WA State Government: know the agency is engaging in systems abuse here. Thank you for closing off these unwarranted, abusive reports.

If you would like to read the AAP story on MichaelWestMedia, see the link in comments 👇

Disabled People Against Cuts Australia

05/10/2026

Disability-shaming: *UPDATE: Ben apologised and edited his opinion piece* Like high-profile advocate Suresh Rajan, we were disappointed to see people with disability mocked in PerthNow and the WA Sunday Times by old mate Ben Harvey for their appearance and participation in the Perth Royal Show. But we were still glad people got a chance to take part in the show.

About 80 of our members won tickets to the Perth Royal Show, thanks to the Royal Agricultural Society of WA.

People with disability enjoyed the show. For some, it was the first time they had ever won anything. Some people went with their family. Others took their partners. They had fun! Like other people there. That is not a threat to anyone.

So what, some people took their support workers. Should they have stayed home and fat-shamed themselves? No thanks!

People with disability were at the show playing a part in our community, in keeping with their rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Get with the program Seven West Media. We don't have a "serious need for Ozempic." We have a serious need for respect.

Wake up and smell the roses on your ableist BS, guys.

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