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Here is my (cut short) #JobsSummit speech. The summit certainly didn’t deliver everything I wanted for people with disability, but as a queer, disabled woman it was an immense honour to be in the room. Here’s a🧵on a few behind the scenes takeaways from my time there. 1/
Firstly, this is in no way the end. I spoke to @billshortenmp Fri night who is keen to speak this week to look at what other outcomes from the #NDIS Jobs & Skills Summit we can immediately progress. Again, I thank him & his team for their support in getting me to the summit. 2/
Following announced Aged Pension changes, allowing older Aussies to work w/o losing their pension, I made a b-line for @JEChalmers & strongly pointed out that the economic benefits also apply to changing the DSP. He heard me & committed to work on it. I will hold him to that. 3/
PWDA is very concerned about comments made by the Hon. Peter Dutton MP in the Australian today that demonstrate a lack of understanding about the routine discrimination faced by people with #disability in securing accessible and appropriate housing. [1/6]
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The low supply of #AccessibleHousing makes it much harder for people with disability to live where we want to.
PWDA has been calling for equal access to housing for many years, including in our 2019 Pre-Budget Submission to the Government: pwd.org.au/pbs-2019/
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PWDA has been calling for equal access to housing for many years, including in our 2019 Pre-Budget Submission to the Government: pwd.org.au/pbs-2019/
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Our submission highlights that the Australian Government needs to make accessibility features mandatory in all new housing, through amendments to the National Construction Code, along with implementing other measures to increase the supply of #AccessibleHousing. [3/6]
