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“The NDIA has currently declined my permanent power wheelchair application that I need to function, and expects me to go back to a manual wheelchair that I cannot physically propel” - Oriela Williams speaks on the cuts that NDIA are already making before this NDIS Bill even passes. Hear Oriela speak at the Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin National Day of Action protest on Saturday 1 August about their own experiences with the NDIS and sets a challenge to Mark Butler, Labor’s Disability Minister, to live one day in Oriela’s shoes. We have to stop the cuts, the NDIS Bill must be scrapped! We have to keep fighting before the NDIS Bill returns to the Senate for a vote on 14 August! We need every person who can to call Liberal, National and Independent Senators to tell them to change their vote and BLOCK THE BILL! Go to our Linktree in our bio/comments to find a Calling Guide we have prepared to help you make calls. Keep fighting, keep going! Speak your truths! Video description: Oriela is speaking behind a microphone, with a disability pride flag behind them. They have medium-length brown curly hair, blonde highlights and short facial hair. They are in a power wheelchair, and are wearing a sunflower lanyard, a Kuffiyah, and colourful shoes. Standing next to them is an Auslan interpreter. Above the video is the text: "Oriela Williams (they/them), Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin rally." Captions appear along the bottom of the video as Oriela speaks. by @orielaa
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News coverage: Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin rally for the National Day of Action. This dangerous NDIS Bill should be scrapped. Oriela Williams discusses how this Bill will kill disabled people, due to losing supports. Video description: An ABC news report. The video starts with a news presenter sitting behind a desk, then march footage of protestors with signs. Towards the end Oriela is shown speaking with other protestors behind them. by @orielaa
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“Stop, stop, stop the cuts!” “Let us live, let us thrive - funded supports keep us alive!” (Swipe for photos!) Over 150 disabled people and allies hit the streets in Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin today with @protectourndis.magandjin as part of the National Day of Action to fight against the NDIS cuts! And even more joined us online via our livestream. We rallied and marched for every disabled person who could not be there today. No one left behind. ✊ Community gathered with demands: - Scrap the NDIS Bill! - Stop the cuts, don’t put a price on our rights - Don’t kick people off the NDIS, expand safeguards - Tax the gas corporations and billionaires - Expand disability services, human rights belong to all Thanks to our speakers for sharing their stories and showing the real life impact of these cuts, and just how dangerous the NDIS Bill is: - Jodie Hall @jodie__hall__ - Oriela Williams - @orielaa - Finn Webb - @finn.with.a.wheelchair - Alex Ellen - @alexandra.ellen - Rowena Specht-Whyte (MC) - @rowena_sw The fight isn’t over! We have until 14 August 2026 to make the Liberals and Nationals CHANGE THEIR VOTE! From now until 14 August, when the NDIS Bill comes back to the Senate for a vote, we need EVERYONE to get on the phone and call Liberal and National and Independent Senators in your state or territory and tell them to vote against the NDIS Bill! We have prepared a Calling Guide to help you, with all the phone numbers, key points, and a script to help: go to our Linktree in our bio! Once we have recovered from today’s Day of Action, we’ll be running online calling parties so we can do this together. Keep an eye out on our socials! We CANNOT allow this Bill to pass! Let’s make the government feel our power! The Magan-djin team are so grateful to all our volunteers for making this day possible, especially our marshal team! Thank you for all the support from the Greens MPs with marquees, funding for our Auslan interpreters, and AV equipment, Socialist Alliance with marquees and @masks4magandjin for our masks. PLUS the amazing Limited Edition “Protect Our NDIS” badges created by Cooper and his parents! Together we are powerful. Photo of speakers for rally, smiling and showing disabled joy. Left to right: Alex is a white woman with short light brown hair, wearing a jean jacket and sunflower overalls. Rowena is a white woman with dark brown, silver and green/blue shoulder length hair, and red cats eye glasses, wearing a purple Tshirt, black jeans and purple Converse sneakers. Jodie is an Aboriginal woman with short curly brown hair and geometric glasses, wearing a blue jacket over a white top and a “Protect Our NDIS” badge. Finn is a white trans masculine person with short brown hair and round glasses, wearing a patterned flowery top and a sunflower lanyard, in a wheelchair. Oriela is a brown nonbinary person with brown curly hair with blonde streaks, a small beard, wearing a kuffiyeh and in a power wheelchair. Finn and Oriela are at the front with signs in front of them: Finn has an artwork of a sunflower being cut with scissors that says “Stop the cuts”; Oriela’s sign lists the Protect Our NDIS Alliance Demands for the National Day of Action (listed in caption to this post). Alex, Rowena and Jodie stand behind, Rowena in the middle holding a sign saying the Key Messages of the Protect Our NDIS Alliance: Protect Our NDIS, Cuts kill people, Disabled people deserve dignity, NDIS benefits us all. taken in Queens Gardens, Brisbane by @orielaa
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ATTENTION MEDIA: We request media attend a Press Conference at 1pm AEST Saturday 1 August at Queens Gardens, Brisbane City, and media presence for the following rally and march and coverage following the Day of Action. Our local Media Release is linked in our bio for all the information and contact details. If the NDIS Bill passes when it comes back to a vote in the Senate on 14 August, disabled people will die. Disabled community, workers, families, and allies are joining around the country on Saturday 1 August to demand that the government SCRAP THE NDIS BILL! Tag media in the comments to help us get the word out! Check our @protectourndis.magandjin account for Accessibility information including Run Sheet and Speakers! Image description in alt text. Protect Our NDIS Alliance - Magan-djin National Day of Action Attention media! Press Conference, 1pm Saturday 1 August, Queens Gardens, Brisbane City Photo of protestors at 9 May National Day of Action in Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin holding a sign saying “Protect Our NDIS” as they march. Media Release in bio/comments @ProtectOurNDIS.Magandjin | Linktr.ee/ProtectOurNDIS Purple background with black and white text in blue, green, yellow and white blocks. taken in Queens Gardens, Brisbane by @orielaa
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Speaker announcement for Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin! We are honoured to announce the following speakers for Saturday’s rally: Jodie Hall @jodie__hall__ Alexandra Ellen @alexandra.ellen Finn Webb @finn.with.a.wheelchair MC: Rowena Specht-Whyte @rowena_sw Oriela Williams @orielaa See comments and alt-text for image descriptions. Along the top is the heading text: Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin. National Day of Action. Protect Our NDIS. 1pm, August 1, Queens Gardens. Below that in a purple box is the text "Speaker List". Below are 5 boxes containing photos of the speakers: Jodie Hall, Alexandra Ellen, Finn Webb, Oriela Williams, and Rowena Specht-Whyte. by @orielaa
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We have to scrap the NDIS Bill and stop these cuts! Hear from Oriela Williams from Protect Our NDIS Alliance speaking at our online community forum held on Tuesday 14 July about why we must fight, and calling for everyone to join us on the streets for our National Day of Action on Saturday 1 August! Check our Linktree to find all the details about the National Day of Action and how to get involved. You can find the recording of our online community forum in full on YouTube at the link in our Linktree. The recording has captions and transcript for the entirety, and Auslan interpretation for the majority of the time (recording error meant that some sections when slides were shared hid the Auslan interpretation, and we apologise for this error!). You can also find the full pdf slides, and audio recording of the slides from Brianna Bell of Qld Advocacy for Inclusion linked on YouTube. Thank you for the financial support from @jordonsteelejohn to ensure we could fund Auslan interpreters for this critical forum. Let’s show the government our community’s power. See you on Saturday 1 August! ✊✊✊ Video transcript in comments. Video description: A video with a dark purple background with words "Oriela Williams, Protect Our NDIS Alliance" along the top. In the centre is two videos from a videocall: the top one is an Auslan interpreter in a black hoodie against a green background. Below is a video of Oriela. Oriela is a brown non-binary person wearing a black t-shirt, with dark curly hair, blonde highlights and a small beard. On the bottom of the video, text for the captions appear as audio plays. by @orielaa
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The federal Labor government is attempting to cut $37.8 Billion from the NDIS; the single largest savings measure in the 26/27 federal budget. The bulk of this money will be taken directly from people’s support plans, especially Social & Community Access funding. Oriela & Rowena from the Protect Our NDIS Alliance spoke to us about what this means for people with disabilities, the health system and the economy more broadly. They’re holding a National Day of Action on Saturday 1st August in resistance to these cuts. Click on Protect Our NDIS Alliance’s linktree to access more resources including actions you can take & further information about what is going on. Featuring @orielaa @rowena_sw @ruby.ursula Filmed & edited by @jybubb Music by @hagsmixtape This video was created on the stolen lands of the Yuggera & Turrbal people. First Nations people are twice as likely to experience disability than non-Indigenous Australians and already face many barriers to accessing the scheme or using their funding. The proposed changes to the NDIS neglect to centre the needs of First Nations people or involve them in the development of new processes. LAND BACK. by @orielaa
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Introducing our @protectourndis.magandjin team, Oriela Williams and Rowena Specht-Whyte! Join us this Tuesday 14 July at 5pm AEST for a free online community forum about the NDIS cuts and how to fight back! Register to attend at the link in our bio! Swipe to see the full presenter lineup and details. INTRODUCING ORIELA WILLIAMS - NEXT STEPS Oriela (They/Them) is a co-organiser with the Protect Our NDIS Alliance National and Magan-djin team. They are a proudly Disabled Lebanese Non-Binary Dyke based in Magan-djin. Oriela has lived experience as an NDIS participant themselves, with high physical disability and psychosocial support needs; being a full time power wheelchair user, daily caregivers and is living in Specialist Disability Accommodation/Supported Independent Living environment (SDA/SIL). As well as being a dedicated community organiser and activist; Oriela is a passionate disability justice advocate, lived/living experience peer worker and trained Alt2su facilitator with a focus on anti-carceral, peer-lead and trauma-informed responses to distress. INTRODUCING ROWENA SPECHT-WHYTE - FACILITATOR Rowena Specht-Whyte (she/her) is an NDIS participant with multiple permanent invisible disabilities, both physical and psychosocial, and is a queer cis woman whose sole income is the Disability Support Pension. Rowena is a strong disability justice advocate with a Masters in Communication for Social Change, as well as a writer and singer/songwriter. She is one of the originators of the Protect Our NDIS Alliance and is a national organiser as well as part of the Magan-djin team. Don’t miss out - join us this Tuesday 14 July - register at the link in our bio. Image descriptions in alt text. Protect Our NDIS Alliance - Magan-djin Online Community Forum NDIS Cuts: What’s happening Speaker - Next Steps: Oriela Williams Image: Photo of Oriela, a brown nonbinary person in a wheelchair wearing a kuffiyeh and a cream suit, with dark curly hair and a small beard. Text: Oriela (They/Them) is a co-organiser with the Protect Our NDIS Alliance National and Magan-djin team. They are a proudly Disabled Lebanese Non-Binary Dyke based in Magan-djin. Oriela has lived experience as an NDIS participant themselves, with high physical disability and psychosocial support needs; being a full time power wheelchair user, daily caregivers and is living in a SDA/SIL. As well as being a dedicated community organiser and activist; Oriela is a passionate disability justice advocate, lived/living experience peer worker and trained Alt2su facilitator with a focus on anti-carceral, peer-lead and trauma-informed responses to distress. @ProtectOurNDIS.Magandjin | Linktr.ee/ProtectOurNDIS Purple background with black text in blue, green and yellow boxes. by @orielaa
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“If I’m without my [NDIS supports], I would perish. I would cease to exist, and many participants are in the same position.” - Oriela Williams for Protect Our NDIS Alliance At our hearing spot on Tuesday 9 June in Naarm/Melbourne, we prioritised sharing diverse lived experiences to highlight the impact of this terrible Bill on so many different groups of disabled participants. The NDIS Bill grants sweeping power to the Minister of the day to cut funding up to 99.99% to support categories across the board, with no consideration of individual circumstances. That decision is not reviewable. There is no appeal. Labor has already declared their plan to cut 50% of all Community and Civic Engagement Access funding across the board, and 10% of Capacity Building Supports. The NDIA confirmed in their evidence to the Senate Inquiry on Thursday 11 June that they have done absolutely no modelling on the impact this will have on participants. They have solely looked at these cuts as a budget saving measure. For shame. Listen to Oriela, a nonbinary Lebanese lesbian and NDIS participant, explain the impacts for them and other disabled participants if this Bill goes through as planned. Right now, everyone can help stop this NDIS Bill from passing by contacting all your MPs at every level before 1 July to tell them to block the Bill! We encourage you to call Liberal and Independent Senators as a priority. Let’s keep the pressure on! See comments for video transcript. Video description: A video with a dark purple section with words along the top. The top section contains the following text: Protect Our NDIS Alliance. NDIS Inquiry Hearing 9 June 2026. Oriela Williams (they/them). The text is highlighted in blue and light green. In the centre is a video of Oriela behind a table. Oriela is a brown non-binary person wearing a Kuffiyah and in a power wheelchair, with dark curly hair and a small beard. On the bottom of the video, text for the captions appear as audio plays. by @orielaa
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We spoke truth to power at Tuesday’s hearing in Naarm/Melbourne! We hope we did you justice in sharing our diverse lived experiences as NDIS participants directly impacted by these cuts! The evidence on Tuesday was very clear: the Bill must not pass. It is harmful, dangerous and the real risks to disabled people and families as participants are thrown off the NDIS when absolutely no alternative supports exist is far too high. Want to save costs, government? Start by fixing NDIS internal processes and remove extensive waste, don’t take it out on our most vulnerable communities! Our Protect Our NDIS Alliance speakers giving evidence to the Senate Inquiry were: - Oriela Williams (they/them) @orielaa - Andrew Bretherton (he/him) - Grace Bell (they/she) - Nicole Moran (she/her) Learning that there was no videoconferencing for online speakers the night before the hearing, we made a cardboard stand in for our online speaker Nicole… check out the first photo for Nicole 2.0, and the second for Nicole 1.0. It was shameful Nicole and others attending online couldn’t be seen! So many disabled voices were affected by this last minute accessibility info - we were so proud of our community rallying together to help two of the four @dpacaustralia speakers get there in person to give evidence and devastated that two could not be there and could only be heard (like Nicole) via phone! Despite this, our disability community showed our strength and resilience, with the mood in the room that of fire and resistance. In this dark time, disabled joy is so powerful! We felt so uplifted in that space! The fight is not over. There is videoconferencing for today’s hearing and tomorrow (Thursday’s) hearing in Canberra, and you can tune in at the link in our bio. Let’s bear witness to all the disabled voices rallying against this terrible Bill! And keep the pressure on before 2 July: call your MPs at every level and tell them to BLOCK THIS Bill! Image descriptions in alt-text and comments. A group photo of our four speakers: Oriela Williams, Grace Bell, Andrew Bretherton and Nicole Moran (as represented by Nicole 2.0). Oriela is a brown non-binary person wearing a Kuffiyah and in a power wheelchair, with dark curly hair and a small beard. They are smiling. Grace is a white person wearing a dark jacket over a colourful long skirt, with a pink face mask and a sunflower lanyard. They are holding up a purple cardboard frame around their face with the text "Protect Our NDIS, Disabled people deserved dignity, Stop the Cuts, Fund care not war!" along the frame. Andrew is a white man with short brown hair in a power assist wheelchair. He is smiling. He is also holding the cardboard stand-in for Nicole. Nicole's cardboard stand-in (Nicole 2.0) is a painting of a green blob creature with googly eyes and a smiley face. Along the top of the cardboard is her name: Nicole. by @orielaa
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"The proposed NDIS Bill must be rejected in full. Proceeding with the Bill is an irresponsible and dangerous course of action, with real risk and harm, including death, a guaranteed outcome.” - Oriela Williams for Protect Our NDIS Alliance Listen to the Opening Statement in full from @protectourndis at Day 1 of the NDIS Senate Inquiry Hearings, delivered by @orielaa on Tuesday 9 June in person in Naarm/Mebourne. (No video because Day 1 didn’t have videoconferencing!!! 😡) The fight isn’t over! We have one more day of Hearings today in Canberra from 9:30am AEST with proper videoconferencing. First up is ANPA! You can watch the evidence online at the link in our bio! Excerpt: “I'm Oriela. I'm a Disabled Lebanese Non-Binary Lesbian from Magan-djin/Meanjin/Brisbane and I use they/them pronouns. I'm an NDIS participant with high physical disability and psychosocial disability support needs. I am a full-time power wheelchair user living in Specialist Disability Accommodation / Supported Independent Living —also known as SDA-SIL—and need support with all personal care and activities of daily living, including toileting and showering, from daily caregivers. When the government thinks of what a disabled person looks like, they think of someone like me. They think of someone who is in a wheelchair, and that is an equation that we have seen recently within the media. But they don't think of someone like our other speakers—like people with invisible disabilities. Disability is and always has been more than wheelchair users.” The Bill must be rejected in full! See comments for transcript of Oriela's speech. Video description: A social tile with a dark purple background. It contains the following text: Protect Our NDIS Alliance. NDIS Inquiry Hearing 9 June 2026. Opening Statement. Oriela Williams (they/them). The text is highlighted in blue, light green and yellow. In the centre is a photo of Oriela. Oriela is a brown non-binary person wearing a Kuffiyah and in a power wheelchair, with dark curly hair and a small beard. Below the photo, text for the captions appear as audio plays. by @orielaa
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Protect our NDIS! ✊✊ Thank you to everyone who made it in person to join us in solidarity in Brisbane/Magan-djin/Meanjin today. We had 250+ people there, and it warmed my heart! Thank you for bearing witness to all our speakers, I was honoured to be one of them. Thank you in particular to our lead local organiser @orielaa for wrangling press and speakers and so much else, and sharing your story as well. Thank you to all the other speakers today as well: - @jodie__hall__ who stepped in as @bizzibodyx was unwell - @kathryndenny - @archiearsenic - @fridayology - @janey_britt And thank you to the marshalls, and all the volunteers who organised today’s rally locally! And especially Nibs who couldn’t be there today because they were unwell but did so so much in the lead up. Because of some time constraints (for a great reason, we ended up having a press conference at the start which pushed everything back), I was not able to read the statement from the Long Covid community, so please read it at the @protectourndis link in my bio. We must bear witness for those with Long Covid and ME/CFS! We sent a message today all around the country, that disabled people will not lie down and take this. Stop the cuts! Don’t put a price on our rights! #protectourndis taken in King George Square by @orielaa
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