Disability Sector vs NSW Trustee and Guardian

One of the leading disability advocacy organisations is People With Disability. Their latest bulletin points out the problems with the creation of the NSW Trustee and Guardian. They state in the bulletin:

"The Government has also agreed to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into the legislation, although at this stage it is not clear what this inquiry will encompass. PWD proposed such an inquiry as essential work to be done before the Bill was enacted into law. Now that the Bill has been enacted it is difficult to have confidence that such an Inquiry will have any real impact.
PWD will continue to seek reform to these oppressive laws and practices, and to publicly expose their impact on persons with disability. We will be working with our advocacy colleagues to make this a major State election issue for March 2011, and will ensure that the issues are brought before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when Australia reports to the Committee in 2010. For further information contact Therese Sands, Executive Director, on the numbers below or by email at Thereses@pwd.org.au"

This is an important election issue for 2011, get mobilised today!