The government has announced that they are collecting feedback for Budget 2026. In their press statement released this month, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) posed several questions to Singaporeans as they currently seek…
Last month, the Straits Times (ST) updated its style guide pertaining to language that they will use to describe disability. One of the main updates is that ST noted it will use person-first…
On 14 October 2025, Parliament introduced the Workplace Fairness Dispute Resolution bill – a follow up to the Workplace Fairness Act (WFA) passed in Parliament earlier this year. The Workplace Fairness Dispute Resolution…
Last month, on 5 September 2025, the fifteenth Parliament of Singapore commenced. The first session saw members of Parliament (MPs) and non-constituency members of Parliament (NCMPs) sworn in, along with initial speeches from…
As a party’s manifesto outlines the policy priorities they plan to push for if elected, we at DPA have compiled a list below of excerpts from the manifestos of various political parties in…
On Tuesday, 15 April 2025, Parliament was dissolved and the date for Singapore’s General Election 2025 (GE2025) was set for 3 May 2025. An Overview/Recap of Our Advocacy Last year, we at DPA…
Last month, Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong delivered Budget 2025 entitled “Onward Together for a Better Tomorrow”. Budget 2025 contains many important financial measures – including measures specifically targeting the disability…
Last week, we at DPA published an op-ed commentary in the Straits Times (ST) – commenting on one of the main announcements in Budget 2025 of how the government will be embarking on…
On 8 January 2025, after two days of debate in Parliament, the Singapore government passed the Workplace Fairness Legislation (WFL) – Singapore’s first workplace anti-discrimination law. Advocating for the optimisation of the WFL…
Earlier this month, The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) published a Disability Trends report – outlining statistics aiming to capture the state of…
