MDAAs systemic advocacy program seeks to enhance service accessibility, empower people with disability and individuals from CaLD communities and engage in impactful campaigns. Below is a capture of our submissions by year. 

 2024

May  |  MDAA response to: NDIS (getting the  NDIS back on track) Bill 2024

June |  Australian Human Rights Commission: How were you affected by Covid measures?  

Aug  |  MDAA Submission to the NSW Parliament Performance and Wellbeing Framework Consultation 

Sept |  MDAA response to: Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Essential Worker Housing

Oct   |  NSW Parliament Standing Committee on Social Issues: Inquiry into Prevelance, Causes,                                                                              and impacts of Loneliness in NSW

Nov  |   NSW Government Portable Long Service Leave for Community Workers_Draft Regulation Consultation

 2023

April  |  2026 Census Topic Consultation

 2022

June | MDAA Submission to the Office of Women NSW: Towards a New Women’s Strategy

July  |  MDAA National Disability Advocacy Framework Submission 2022 to 2025

 2021

Feb  |  MDAAs response to Australia’s 2021-22 Migration Program Discussion Paper

Apr  |  NDIS Review Appeals Process Report (University of Notre Dame)

July  |  MDAA Submission to the Disability Royal Commission on Aged Care Services

Aug  |  Feedback to NDIS Quality and Safeguards Website Development

Sept |  DRC Submission: Issues facing CALD children with disability in the Education Sector

Oct   |  MDAA Response to the NSW Government’s Coercive Control Discussion Paper

2020

Apr  |  MDAAs Disability Inclusion Act Review 

May  |  Submission to the Select Committee on Covid-19

July  |  MDAA Submission to the National Disability Strategy Position Paper

July  |  Submission to Joint Standing Committee on NDIS Inquiry (with University of Notre Dame)

July  |  Ageing Issues foe People with Disability to Royal Commission

Sept |  MDAA responses to the NDIA Support Coordination Discussion Paper

Dec  |  MDAA Submission to the Labor Multicultural Engagement Taskforce

Dec  |  MDAA Submission to the Improving outcomes of PWD under the National Disability                                                               Strategy and NDIS Introductory Paper

 2019

Mar |  General Issues around the Implementation and Performance of the NDIS

Oct  |  MDAA Submission to the NSW Disability Advocacy Review

Jun  |  MDAAs Response to Ageing and Disability Commissioner Bill

Oct  | MDAA Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Election Matters

2018

Feb  |  MDAA Response to Guardianship Draft Proposal

Feb  |  Response to the Terms of Reference on Market Readiness

Aug  |  MDAA Response to the Inquiry if the NDIS and Provision of Disability Services in NSW

Nov  |  National Disability Strategy – Proposed Key Action Areas

2017

May  |  Civil Society Statement: Disability Royal Commission

July  |  2017/18 NEDA Submission to the Inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendmen