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PWDA President Ms Bonnie Millen, and
below, the ‘Royal Commission now’
campaign.
“The Federal Government’s NDIS
Quality and Safeguards Commission
will only cover the 10 per cent of
people with disability that are eligible
for the NDIS,” Ms Millen said.
“While it is a welcome
development, it is not a
Royal Commission call
D
isability organisations
are urging the Federal
Government to call a
Royal Commission into violence
and abuse against people with
disability.
“We’re seeing how powerful a
scale of violence and abuse
perpetrated against people with
disability across a broad range
widespread rates of violence and of settings, such as supported
abuse against people with disability, accommodation, education,
and strongly recommended holding mental health, prisons and in out of
a Royal Commission. The Australian home care. The NDIS Commission
Government ruled this out, saying doesn’t have the powers of a
that the recently established NDIS Royal Commission, won’t lead
Royal Commission is in exposing Quality and Safeguards Commission to structural change and can’t
huge problems, and illegal behaviour, would address the recommendations bring justice for past abuses.
in the banking and finance industry,” from the inquiry.
“Only a Royal Commission has
said Ms Bonnie Millen, President the power to break down doors, and
of People with Disability Australia shine a light on the violence against
(PWDA), and spokesperson for people with disability that has been
Disabled People’s Organisations hidden away. Critically, a Royal
Australia (DPOA). Commission will also give people
“We have been saying for several
with disability a chance to receive
years that people with disability justice for violence and abuse that
need a Royal Commission to properly happened in the past.”
address the appalling rates of
Ms Millen said that in 2017, over
violence and abuse we are subjected 160 civil society groups and over 100
to, particularly now that the NDIS is academics joined the call for a Royal
rolling out more widely and the whole Commission into violence against
disability sector is going through people with disability.
immense change.”
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In 2015, a Senate inquiry found
comprehensive response to the
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