First Peoples Disability Network advocates for the rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disability by influencing policy and driving systemic change. Below is a record of our policy submissions—part of our ongoing work to ensure First Peoples with disability are represented across all levels of government and key service systems.
FPDN Position Statement – Ageing and Disability_1.pdf
DownloadJun 2026
FPDN Position Statement – Aged Care and Disability
DownloadJun 2026
Policy Position Statement – Employment
DownloadJun 2026
Policy Position Statement – First Nations Women and Girls with Disability
DownloadJun 2026
FPDN Position Statement – Psychosocial Disability
DownloadJun 2026
Policy Position Statement – LGBTIQA+SB+ First Nations People with Disability
DownloadJun 2026
Policy Position Statement – Intellectual Disability
DownloadJun 2026
Policy Position Statement – Education
DownloadJun 2026
Policy Position Statement – Disaster, Emergency, and Recovery
DownloadJun 2026
FPDN Fact Sheet – Disability and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
DownloadJun 2026
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
DownloadJun 2026
FPDN Submission Inquiry into Racism, Hate and Violence Directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
DownloadMay 2026
FPDN Position Statement – First Nations Disability Forum
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Position Statement – Justice
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Position Statement – Human Rights Act
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Position Statement – Housing & Homelessness
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Position Statement – Family and Domestic Violence
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Fact Sheet Australia’s Disability Strategy
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Fact Sheet – First Nations Disability
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Fact Sheet – Disability Sector Strengthening Plan DSSP
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN Fact Sheet – DSSP Guiding Principles
DownloadMar 2026
FPDN OHCHR Women and Girls with Disability Submission
DownloadNov 2025
FPDN School Education Act Review 1999 WA Submission
DownloadOct 2024
FPDN Submission Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarceration System
DownloadOct 2024
First Peoples Disability Network: National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 (No. 2) Submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee
DownloadAug 2024
FPDN Policy Team Submission Truth and Justice Commission Bill Aug 2024
DownloadAug 2024
Supplementary Submission: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill 2024
DownloadJul 2024
FPDN Submission: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill 2024
DownloadJun 2024
FPDN Submission: NDIS Provider and Worker Registration
DownloadMay 2024
FPDN Submission: Inquiry into NDIS participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia
DownloadApr 2024
FPDN Submission to the Select Committee on the Cost of Living
DownloadMar 2024
NHLF and FPDN Joint Submission to the New Aged Care Act: Exposure Draft – Consultation Paper No 2
DownloadMar 2024
FPDN Submission: Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023 and related bills
DownloadMar 2024
FPDN Submission: Disability Employment Services (DES) Reforms Consolations
DownloadFeb 2024
Food Supply Chain Capacity Study Submission
DownloadFeb 2024
FPDN Submission: “A path to universal early childhood education and care” – Productivity Commission Draft Report
DownloadFeb 2024
Developing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan under the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032
DownloadApr 2023
A New Act to Replace the Disability Services Act 1986: A joint submission from Disability Representative Organisations
DownloadFeb 2023
Submission on the National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy
DownloadJan 2023
Joint submission from Disability Representative Organisations
DownloadNov 2022
Disability Royal Commission: Briefing Paper to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
DownloadNov 2022
NGO Submission on Australia’s 7th Periodic Report
DownloadOct 2022
Submission to the Support for Decision Making consultation – National Disability Insurance Scheme
DownloadAug 2021
National Disability Employment Strategy Submission
DownloadMay 2021
NDIS-Home and Living consultation
DownloadMay 2021
Disability Royal Commission Submission
DownloadFeb 2020
Disability Royal Commission Submission on the Draft Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Exploitation and Neglect of People with Disability
ViewMar 2019
A report on community consultations with Aboriginal people with disability and their associates throughout NSW, 2004-2005
DownloadJan 2005