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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Calls for disability royal commission to look into Indigenous prisoners View more: ABC RN Breakfast
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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In a world of diverse learners, Culture will always keep our community strong
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#CultureisInclusion #NAIDOC2019 #SuicidePrevention
@SELB_QUT @QUTEducation @PosPartnerships @selb @AllMeansAllAus Thank you for hosting me. Lots of interesting inclusive research projects happening at QUT, so the participants brought lots to the discussion. @FPDNAus
@fpdnaus Could you please share this :-)Supporting and Serving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Who Have a Disability https://t.co/wqqQpL5a13 via @CDS_Sydney
#LowitjaConf2019 was held in Darwin18–20 June. Based on their deliberations under the theme Thinking. Speaking. Being: First Nations Solutions for Global Change, some 760 delegates made a strong statement on 12 key issues. Read the statement here: https://t.co/pN2PVB3aa2.
We stand with over 100 other orgs telling @ScottMorrisonMP to retain ATSILS’ funding this
#NAIDOC2019. We need #JusticeByUs #auspol
