Emma Myers.
Emma Myers is a screenwriter, actor, journalist and disability advocate based in Canberra. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and subsequent 1st Class Honours degree on the representation of women, disability and intimacy in contemporary culture. The critically acclaimed 2022 SBS Digital Originals’ series Latecomers, which Emma co created and wrote with Angus Thompson and Nina Oyama, gained a Series Mania nomination and won an SPA Award as well as the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Award in 2023, and was nominated for an AWGIE Award in 2024. The series won an AACTA Award for Best Online Comedy or Drama in 2024. She spoke at the National Young Writers’ Festival and TEDX Sydney in 2023.
She is a representative on Screen Australia’s Gender Matters Taskforce and was recently awarded the Young Alumni Award by the University of Newcastle. Emma was also the recipient of the ABC Regional Storyteller Scholarship in 2020 and has two years’ experience working as a Features Reporter for ABC News. She is Powerd's inaugural Disability Rights and Political Reporter.
Emma is passionate about educating audiences about the intersection of womanhood, sexuality and disability through media.
Latest contributions

Applications have opened for the first grant round of the Inclusion and Accessibility Fund.
Inclusion grant opens for people with disability
Emma Myers
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Navy veteran Alex Hale talks about preparing for this year’s Invictus Games.
High hopes as Hunter hero competes for gold
Emma Myers
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Disability services workers are lobbying the government for a pay rise.
Support workers plead for pay rise in Parliament
Emma Myers
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Australian Government announces $573.3 million funding boost to deliver more choice, lower costs, better health care for women.
Labor government strengthens Medicare, pledges $500 million towards women’s health
Emma Myers
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Advocates argue that systemic failures in emergency preparedness put lives at risk.
Left behind – the deadly gaps in emergency preparedness for Australians with disability
Emma Myers
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NDIS is now allowing 90 days to provide additional information.
Changing eligibility assessments for NDIS participants
Emma Myers
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National Children's Commissioner urges government: be proactive on health, mental wellbeing of children in the justice system.
Child Commissioner calls for more awareness and support for disabled juveniles
Emma Myers
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An Australian engineer has developed a house with bedrooms capable of becoming hospital quality rooms.
Innovative engineer brings hospital care into the home
Emma Myers
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Disability peak slams Qld. Government move against puberty blockers, hormone therapies for minors seeking gender-affirming care.
PWDA condemns Queensland Government’s trans health ban
Emma Myers
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Albanese government reaffirms commitment to building inclusivity with update to national Disability Strategy.
Updated: Australia’s Disability Strategy to improve the lives of people with disability
Emma Myers
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$22.1 million has been awarded to create a Disability Employment Centre of Excellence.
Centre of Excellence to shape future of disability employment
Emma Myers
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A motor neurone disease campaigner has joined the ranks of extraordinary individuals dedicated to improving the lives of everyday Australians.
A win for disability as campaigner chosen as Australian of the Year
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