People With disabilities WA

12/06/2026

Paid testing: The NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme is going to pay people with disability to test the proposed/new Support Needs Assessment; yet another assessment that many people oppose.

The National Disability Insurance Agency says it is looking for people to do a simulated support needs assessment and help train its (unqualified) assessors on doing the assessments.

The NDIA has told us taking part is voluntary and will not:
• change a participant’s current NDIS plan
• affect a participant’s future funding or eligibility
• impact a participant’s supports
• result in a new plan or budget.

We believe support needs assessments should not be introduced and the functional assessments of our trusted professionals should instead be given the respect they deserve.

If you are considering this paid opportunity, please consider whether a voluntary, potentially uncaring assessment is in your best interest, particularly if you have a trauma history. Please also consider what happens with the information you give them in this training and testing exercise.

To learn more about new framework planning and its assessments, see the link in first comments. To express an interest in taking part, also see the link below.

12/06/2026

Onus on employers: We're really pleased to hear more about the new positive duty on employers to prevent disability discrimination, in an address from Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess posted online this month.

In the address broadcast on YouTube, Commissioner Kayess says, "There is still clearly a long way to go in addressing stereotypes and prejudice."

Talking about the results of a recent Australian Human Resources Institute study of 600 employers where 32% of employers admitted to excluding job candidates with a mental health history and 28% rejected candidates with chronic or long-term health conditions, Commissioner Kayess says "We haven't moved past the assumptions of people with disability being expensive or a burden to employers.

"We obviously haven't done enough on the demand side of employment to move employers in their understanding of
disability. It begs the question, why is it always back on people with disability to do the heavy-lifting to address discrimination?"

Things will hopefully become different now that the Disability Discrimination Act has been beefed up to put more responsibility on employers.

Commissioner Kayess says "Amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act, the DDA, to insert a positive duty where duty-holders have to put in place mechanisms to ensure discrimination doesn't happen in the first place will put the onus back on employers."

To watch Commissioner Rosemary Kayess' Positive Duty Oration 2026 on Larrakia country check out the Australian Human Rights Commission YouTube channel in the first comment below 👇

11/06/2026

Stop the Bill: We're in the third day of evidence against the Albanese-Australian Government's NDIS Bill and it's clear there is widespread opposition to the Bill to overhaul our NDIS.

With more than 4000 submissions received against the Bill, our spoken evidence against it highlights what the disability community feels: we don't want this legislation, and we don't want a negative overhaul of our NDIS.

We appreciate The Australian Greens Disability Spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John and the Australian Parliament Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee for giving us a voice to share our opposition.

We have a message for the government's NDIS ministers Mark Butler MP and Jenny McAllister – don't overhaul our NDIS. Unravelling Bill Shorten's NDIS legacy doesn't just knife him, it hurts all of us.

To Melissa McIntosh MP and the Liberal Party of Australia, yes we are annoyed that legislation was not codesigned with us. But highlighting that misses the point. We don't want the Bill at all. Don't support it!

Join us and the disability community in opposing the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026!

Bring back an NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme by us for all of us.

Link to the committee's senate inquiry stream below 👇



—People with Disabilities WA

10/06/2026

Movie night! Come see an open-captioned screening of Spider-Man: Brand New Day with us at PWdWA's fundraiser at Reading Cinemas Belmont in Perth.

All profits will go directly to PWdWA to help us continue to advocate for and support people with disabilities in Western Australia and nationally 😊

Location: Reading Cinemas Belmont 🎥
Date: Thursday 30 July 2026 📆
Time: Movie starts at 6pm, but come down earlier to get your snacks and a seat 💺

Discounted popcorn & drink combos are available when you purchase your ticket 🍿
A small portion of your combo will also go to PWdWA ✅

Get your tickets now! 🎟️
Link down below 👇

Please note: You must pre-purchase a ticket online through our link. Tickets will not be available to purchase on the day or in person.

10/06/2026

Hear us: We're in a second day of the disability community's evidence against the Albanese- Government's diabolical Bill to overhaul the NDIS.

We're looking forward to hearing what you and our disability orgs share with The Australian Greens Disability Spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John and the Australian Parliament Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee today.

Thanks to Parliament and the committee for giving us a chance to highlight how badly this Bill would affect the disability community and the wider Australian community ✅

If passed the NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme cuts and changes will massively reduce the quality of life and income-earning potential of people and their supporter-carers all across Australia 👎 It's not on!

PWdWA opposes the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026!

Link to the stream below 👇




Mark Butler MP Melissa McIntosh MP

09/06/2026

Very revealing: We've appreciated all the very valid critique of the Albanese-Australian Government's legislation to negatively overhaul the NDIS.

Thanks to The Australian Greens Disability Spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John and the Australian Parliament Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee for giving people a voice today to highlight how this Bill would affect the disability community and the wider Australian community ✅

If passed the Bill's NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme cuts and changes will massively reduce the quality of life and income-earning potential of people and their supporter-carers all across Australia 👎

PWdWA opposes the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026!

Link to the stream below 👇




Mark Butler MP Melissa McIntosh MP

09/06/2026

Very revealing: We've appreciated all the very valid critique of the Albanese-Australian Government's legislation to negatively overhaul the NDIS.

Thanks to The Australian Greens Disability Spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John and the Australian Parliament Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee for giving people a voice to people today to highlight how this Bill would affect the disability community and the wider Australian community ✅

If passed the Bill's NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme cuts and changes will massively reduce the quality of life and income-earning potential of people and their supporter-carers all across Australia 👎

PWdWA opposes the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026!

Link to the stream below 👇





Mark Butler MP Jenny McAllister
Melissa McIntosh MP

07/06/2026

The Australian Human Rights Commission have provided a submission to the NDIS senate inquiry.

The submission raises serious concerns about the impact the reforms will have on the human rights of disabled people with regards to safeguarding and access to supports.

Gender equity analysis is also called for, since carers and support workers will be impacted disproportionately.

The submission calls for the Bill to not be passed before the parliamentary committee responsible for assessing the submissions demonstrate that they have reviewed human rights impacts and consulted in a meaningful way with the community.

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Australian Human Rights Commission

The Commission's submission to the Senate inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026.

06/06/2026

Disability advocates have joined growing calls for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports, arguing the revenue could help protect Australians on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from cuts to essential supports.

The renewed push comes as Labor introduced the legislation into Parliament last week, projecting the changes will save the government $36.2 billion over the next four years.

Read the full piece on The Point ➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/news/260528-advocates-say-gas-export-tax-could-protect-the-ndis?utm_campaign=article&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=CLI_Tax

05/06/2026

Connect Up App launch tomorrow, all welcome.