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Have your say! Australia is being reviewed by the United Nations

Australia signed up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities(CRPD) in 2008. This means Australia has made a commitment to protect and promote the rights…

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SIGN THE PETITION TO PROTECT OUR ROYAL COMMISSION

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…

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FPDN CEO on Speaking Out with Larissa Behrendt

Statistics show that the prevalence of disability within Indigenous communities is more than twice that of other Australians. And while the government spent much of the past week lauding the…

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FPDN CEO Damian Griffis talks ‘NDIS the Indigenous Way’ on the Wire

Today Indigenous people celebrate $4.5 m going to support Aboriginal Medical Services in the Kimberley, Pilbara and Goldfields in Northwestern W.A. Aboriginal people themselves are involved in the running of…

Lisa Hindman In News, Royal Commission

People With Disability Welcome Our Royal Commission

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,…

Lisa Hindman In News, Royal Commission

Royal Commission to bring justice for people with disability

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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Royal Commission Terms of Reference are a step towards justice for people with disability

People with disability, and our organisations, today welcome the Federal Government’s release of the Terms of Reference for our Royal Commission into the epidemic of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people…

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Two Spirit Yarning a message stick to the Parliament of Canada

FPDN were humbled to be featured in a social media post by Canadian MP the Hon. Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport alongside her ‘Two Spirit Yarning’ artwork hanging…

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FPDN Board Member Jane Rosengrave shares her story with NITV ‘They will be believed’: Disability abuse survivor encourages others to tell story as inquiry nears

Aboriginal woman Jane Rosengrave was just six-years-old when she began suffering abuse while in an institution Jane Rosengrave is a survivor. Her uplifting spirit is in contrast to a life…

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Media Release: Royal Commission vote welcome – now time to make it happen

People with disability, and our organisations, today welcome the vote in the Australian Parliament about a Royal Commission into the epidemic of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect against people with…