QIDAN updates

This is where we will share updates about anything happening with the network.

Burgundy background. A pen sketch artwork represents teh challenges a pewrson with disasbility faces navigating disability services with too many rules, chaos, long waits and the unknown. Text says Volume 10: Strengthening safeguards in disability services. Artwork by artist with disability, Hayley Marrs

Volume 10: Strengthening safeguards in disability services

Artist Statement “My artwork represents how the world can be too loud, too bright, and too fast. The black hole

Burgundy background with a first nations artwork titled Spirit of Justice which includes mountains, butterflies and flowers reflecting hope, resilience and strength of community on overcoming life's barriers. Text says Volume 9: First Nations voices must lead the way. Artwork by First Nations artist with disability, Colleen Sam.

Volume 9: First nations voices must lead the way

Artist Statement Spirit of Justice The bright vibrant colours depicted in the artwork represents the bright and hopeful future for

Burgundy background. A glass window with a wooden frame containing two boomerangs and a few photos in it. Text says Volume 8: Disability and criminal justice system. Justice should protect, not harm. Artwork by artist with disability, jared Payne

Volume 8: Our justice system should protect, not harm

Artist Statement: My name is Jared Payne, I am a Barkindji Man from far west New South Wales. The central

Volume 7c: Inclusive Housing – Everyone deserves a place to call home

The Artwork Levi Diball’s artwork draws on her own lived experience, using humour and creativity to tell stories about everyday

DRC Volume 7B - inclusive employment

Volume 7b: Inclusive Employment – when will segregated employment end?

Artist Statement “This piece is representative of the Barrier Reef’s slow destabilisation and destruction due to outside influences, but also

DRC Volume 7A - inclusive education

Volume 7a: Inclusive Education – Why Are Students Still Being Left Behind?

Artist Statement “My artwork represents a circle of ‘stars’ and ‘moons’, reflecting the various learners in every classroom. To me,

Burgundy background with hand drawn graphic of a wombat. Text says DRC Volume 6: Why autonomy and access cannot wait. Artwork by artist with disability, Brandon Edelman, on what autonomy, safety and access without restrictions feel like for a person with disability.

Volume 6: Why autonomy and access cannot wait

Artist Statement My artwork is based on a solitary native Australian animal. Whilst the animal lives most of its life

Burgundy background. Title says Disability Governance – What is stopping lived-experience leadership? Alongside is an artwork showing a student slumped over a desk, with a clock on the wall and a blackboard reading 'Not Good Enough.' Credits: Artwork by artist with disability Hannah Izard, on the experiences of disabled kids in the education system.

Volume 5: Disability Governance – What is stopping lived-experience leadership?

Artist Statement Not good enough For this artwork, I thought about my own experiences growing up with Autism Spectrum Disorder,

Graphic consisting of sketches and digital art by Disability mixed medium artist Felix Fischmann, @dacat_96 on the themes of change, freedom, community and learn.

QIDAN analysis of Volume 4 of the DRC implementation

Artist Statement This artwork features a group of animal characters, bunnies and cats, helping each other overcome their disabilities. It’s

Banner with a graphic of artwork by Ruby Herrenberg titled Listen to Us. Text say Launching our DRC Analysis & Reflecting on the Federal Budget

Launching our DRC Analysis & Reflecting on the Federal Budget

The Disability Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (DRC) made 222 landmark recommendations to

Funding news for Disability Advocacy in the QLD budget for 2025-26

QIDAN welcomes the Queensland Government’s pledge of $5 million of funding in their 2025-26 budget to maintain disability advocacy in

Insights from QIDAN conference 2025

Insights from the Queensland Disability Advocacy Conference 2025

The second Queensland Disability Advocacy Conference was held in May 2025. Hosted at the Victoria Park Conference Centre’s Garden Marquee,