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First Peoples Disability Network urges government to listen before NDIS overhaul
First Peoples Disability Network Australia has joined Australia's Disability Rep...
Giovanni Torre 23 Apr 2026
World-renowned First Nations photography exhibition opens at the Australian Museum
The Australian Museum has announced the opening of a groundbreaking new 3D lenti...
Phoebe Blogg 10 Nov 2025
First Peoples Disability Network launches national survey to drive reform
First Peoples Disability Network, in partnership with Jumbunna Research UTS, has...
Giovanni Torre 17 Oct 2025
First Peoples Disability Network: Indigenous co-design and leadership vital for success of Thriving Kids program
The Commonwealth's $2 billion Thriving Kids program could be a game-changer for...
Giovanni Torre 8 Sep 2025
First Peoples Disability Network set to launch national survey to fuel sector reforms

The First Peoples Disability Network, in partnership with Jumbunna Research UTS, is launching a national survey – Our Way: Strengthening First Nations Disability Sector.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 28, 2025
First Peoples Disability Network launches 10-Point Plan to reform NDIS

First Peoples Disability Network has launched a 10-Point Plan to reform the NDIS for First Nations people with disability. Built around three core pillars, the plan sets out 10 key actions the Network...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 5, 2025
First People's Disability Network condemns NT’s spit hood reintroduction: "a dehumanising policy of torture"

First Peoples Disability Network has condemned the Northern Territory government's youth justice overhaul, reviving spit hoods and abolishing the principle that detention be a last resort, warning the...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 31, 2025
First Peoples Disability Network urges Senate to reject plan to change NDIS

The First Peoples Disability Network and other disability representative organisations have urged senators to reject the federal government's proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (G...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 21, 2024
Advocates call for end to compulsory income management

Witness after witness to a senate inquiry into poverty has shared how compulsory income management and onerous Centrelink requirements are damaging Indigenous people and communities.

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Rudi Maxwell Nov 1, 2023
Easy read Uluru Statement released to assist Australians with intellectual disabilities

An easy read Uluru Statement from the Heart has been released for people living with an intellectual disability in the lead up to October's referendum.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 14, 2023
Key Indigenous disability network backs Voice to Parliament as 'critical' avenue of support

First Peoples Disability Network chief executive and Worimi man, Damian Griffis, believes the Voice could bring real positive change for Australians battling against 'double disadvantage'.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 13, 2023
‘Double disadvantage’ - calls for NDIS reform to improve focus on Indigenous people

The First Peoples Disability Network of Australia has called for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) reforms to focus on better supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 19, 2023
Yarning Disability - the first podcast dedicated to First Nations people living with disabilities to launch

On Thursday March 16, Closing the Gap Day, the First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) will launch the first ever podcast dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Mar 14, 2023
Inquiry hears concerns over inadequacy of Disability Support Pension

First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) gave evidence to the Senate Community Affairs inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension (DSP).

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Aaron Bloch Oct 15, 2021
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