Disability Justice Australia Inc (DJA) is thrilled to announce our Annual General Meeting (AGM) guest speaker will be Matthew “Matt” Wright, National Insurance Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Branch Manager National Engagement Strategy and Support.
Matthew is the Executive Director of Sector Advice at the NDIA and has worked with the Agency since 2016. Matthew is the Chair of the Disability Advisory Committee for the Centre of Excellence for Inclusion in Disability, Health and Community Support. He has over 20 years’ experience in the disability sector. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) and Murray Human Services, and a senior manager with Oakleigh Centre and Able Australia. Matthew was an Adviser Diversity at National Australia Bank developing the NAB’s Disability Action Plan.
Matthew has represented Australians with disability at the U.N Conference of State Parties, has been a member of the AHRC Reference Panel on the National Enquiry into Employment Discrimination, IAC’s Housing Innovations Working Group, the Australian Law Reform Commissions Disability Advisory Committee, the National Disability Workforce Strategy Committee, the Victorian Governments NDIS Implementation Task Force, and was one of the three members of the National Disability and Carers Alliance.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Arts and Post-Graduate Diploma in HRM and IR from the University of Melbourne. He is a fellow of the Williamson Community Leadership Program with Leadership Victoria and the McKinsey ELP. He has a severe hearing loss from birth and identifies as part of the Deaf community.
NDIS engagement
Recently, changes made to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been followed with great interest by the people with disability community in Australia.
Matthew will be addressing the AGM on the topic of “NDIS engagement“. To help guide the presentation, DJA is seeking questions from members of DJA in advance of the meeting. To add your question, click the button below noting that you will need your current DJA membership number.
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