First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN) is a national organisation of and for
Our organisation is governed by First Peoples with lived experience of disability.
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We are calling for Prime Minister the Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Attorney General the Hon. Christian Porter, MP, and Minister for Families and Social Services the Hon. Paul Fletcher, MP, to…
Media Release 5 April 2019 Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia) welcomes Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement on the formation of our Royal Commission and its Letters Patent into violence,…
People with disability welcome the Federal Government’s commitment to fully funding our Royal Commission, as revealed in the 2019-20 Budget. “We very much welcome the $527m allocated to our Royal…
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45%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disability or
long-term health condition
7.7%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with severe or
profound disability
2.1x
More likely to be living with disability than other Australians
19%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability participate
in the workforce
5x
More likely to experience mental illness than other Australians
First People with disability participate in cultural activities at the same rate as First People without disability
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Building more prisons is not the solution. Prison does not work & it harms kids. Let's not forget the horrors of Don Dale, Cleveland & Banksia Hill.
We have solutions:
- #RaisetheAge to 14
- diversion & bail support
- culturally safe support for families
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Severely disabled man 'deteriorates' in Darwin prison despite never being found guilty. #Inidgenous #disability #changetherecord #justice #community
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Indigenous man launches ID Know Yourself, a mentoring program for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care. #Indigenous #community
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The outgoing co-ordinator of the nationwide “flying squad” of counsellors tackling the rising number of indigenous youth suicides has called for... https://t.co/ks7hGbTm2k
Martin Luther King of Australia': Indigenous rights activist Bill Ferguson immortalised in bronze. #Indigenous
[Image Description: Brett Garling recreating Bill Ferguson's image using photos and Bill's own grandson, Willy. Tools and work shed in... https://t.co/yJY5TT576l
