People with Disability 

National Disability Advocacy Agencies funded by the Commonwealth (by state or territory) 

Responsibility for funding and administration of disability advocacy is shared between the Commonwealth and state and territory governments. A list of NDAP agencies funded by the Commonwealth Government is provided below.

Australian Capital Territory

  • ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service Inc - (02) 6242 5060
  • Advocacy for Inclusion Incorporated - (02) 6286 9422

New South Wales

  • Ability Incorporated - (02) 6628 8188
  • Brain Injury Association of NSW Inc - (02) 9868 5261
  • Disability Advocacy Network Inc - (02) 6921 9225
  • Disability Advocacy NSW Inc - (02) 4927 0111 or 1300 365 085
  • Illawarra Advocacy Inc - (02) 4229 4064 or (02) 4229 4999
  • Intellectual Disability Rights Service - (02) 9318 0144
  • Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW Incorporated - (02) 9891 6400 or 1800 629 072
  • Newell Advocacy Inc - (02) 6792 3195
  • People with Disability Australia Incorporated – (02) 9370 3100 (Qld also)
  • Self Advocacy (Sydney) Incorporated - (02) 9622 3005
  • Side by Side Advocacy Incorporated - (02) 9808 5500
  • Spinal Cord Injuries Australia - (02) 9661 8855
  • Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service - (02) 9687 7688
  • The Institute for Family Advocacy and Leadership Development Association Incorporated - (02) 9869 0866

Northern Territory

  • Darwin Community Legal Service Inc - (08) 8982 1111
  • Disability Advocacy Service - (08) 8953 1422
  • Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation - (08) 8958 2345 (SA and WA also)

Queensland

  • Independent Advocacy in the Tropics Inc - (07) 4725 2505
  • People with Disability Australia Incorporated – (02) 9370 3100 (NSW also)
  • Queensland Advocacy Incorporated - (07) 3236 1122
  • Queensland Parents for People with a Disability Inc - (07) 3875 2101
  • Rights In Action - (07) 4031 7377
  • Speaking Up For You Inc - (07) 3255 1244
  • Sunshine Coast Citizen Advocacy Programme Inc - (07) 5442 2524

South Australia

  • Brain Injury Network of South Australia Inc - (08) 8217 7600
  • Citizen Advocacy South Australia Incorporated - (08) 8410 6644
  • Disability Advocacy and Complaints Service of South Australia Incorporated - (08) 8297 3500 SA Country 1800 08 325
  • Family Advocacy Incorporated - (08) 8340 4450
  • Independent Advocacy SA Inc - (08) 8232 6200
  • MALSSA Incorporated - (08) 8351 9500
  • NPY Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation – (08) 8958 2345 (NT and WA also)

Tasmania

  • Advocacy Tasmania Inc - (03) 6224 2240
  • Citizen Advocacy Launceston Region Incorporated - (03) 6331 2177
  • Speak Out Association of Tasmania Inc - (03) 6231 2344

Victoria

  • Leadership Plus Inc - (03) 9489 2999
  • Action for More Independence & Dignity in Accommodation Inc - (03) 9650 2722
  • Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities Inc - (03) 9480 1666
  • Association of Employees with Disability Inc - (03) 9639 4333
  • Melbourne East Disability Advocacy - (03) 9808 8633
  • Citizen Advocacy Sunbury and Districts Inc - (03) 9744 7378
  • Colac Otway Region Advocacy Service - (03) 5232 1009
  • Disability Advocacy and Information Service Inc - (02) 6056 2420
  • Disability Justice Advocacy Inc - (03) 9481 7022
  • Gippsland Disability Advocacy Inc - (03) 5133 9440
  • Grampians Disability Advocacy Association Inc - (03) 5352 2722
  • North East Citizen Advocacy Inc - (03) 8407 3684
  • Regional Information and Advocacy Council Inc - (03) 5822 1944
  • Southern Disability Advocacy - (03) 9533 5977
  • Southwest Advocacy Association Inc - (03) 5561 4584
  • Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council - (03) 9380 3900
  • Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc - (03) 5229 2925
    Western Australia
  • Advocacy South West Inc - (08) 9791 3293
  • Catholic Archdiocese of Perth Personal Advocacy Service - (08) 9275 5388
  • Citizen Advocacy Perth West Inc - (08) 9322 5999
  • Citizen Advocacy South Metropolitan - (08) 9356 2814
  • Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre - (08) 9388 7455
  • Midland Information, Debt and Legal Advocacy Service Inc - (08) 9250 2123
  • NPY Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation – (08) 8958 2345
  • People With Disabilities (WA) Inc - (08) 9485 8900
  • Sussex Street Community Law Service - (08) 6253 9500
  • UnitingCare West – 1300 663 298

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