Job Advertisement – Diversity Field Officer
Do you have experience working with small businesses and can solve problems in innovative ways? Interested in using your influencing and relationship management skills to build the confidence of businesses to hire a more diverse workforce? The Diversity Field Officer...
AFDO receives the 2019 Public Advocate Award!
Each year, the Victorian Public Advocate formally recognises the achievements and bravery of advocates who have spoken out on sensitive and difficult issues, and thereby, contributed to improving the human rights of people. Last week, the Victorian Public Advocate,...
Coalition Government supports a Royal Commission into violence and abuse of people with disability
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) welcomes the Prime Minister and Liberal/National Coalition Government support to establish a Royal Commission (RC) into violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect of people within disability in institutional...
Coalition government must commit to a royal commission into violence & abuse of people with disability
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) commends the Senate for approving the motion last Thursday, from Green’s Senator Jordon Steele-John, to establish a Royal Commission (RC) into violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect of people with...
Productivity Commission Review Nails Disability Agreements Reform for Australia
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) fully supports the recommendations and commends the Productivity Commission in its latest review outcomes into the National Disability Agreements (NDA). AFDO urges the Federal Government and every State...
Successful outcome for AFDO’s campaign work for people with disability on the Disability Support Pension in prison or on remand
We are pleased to advise that our campaign work to stop the policy change to reduce the DSP payment suspension from the current two years to 13 weeks has been successful. With the support of our members and sector colleagues, we led this work targeting the Minister,...