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Elly Desmarchelier

Elly Desmarchelier is a disability rights campaigner.

Articles by this author

Elly Desmarchelier is outside the iconic United Nations building - a long rectangular building made up of windows and concrete. She is dressed in a grey suit jacket and blue trousers. Elly is a wheelchair user.

3rd July 2025

This Disability Pride Month, let’s celebrate Australia’s lead – then keep moving

Disability advocate Elly Desmarchelier and Labor Party's Ali France embrace. They're at an election party and are wearing red coloured clothing.

8th May 2025

The revolutionary power of representation: How Ali France’s win is rewriting the narrative

Disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier has shoulder-length red hair and wears a red blazer and purple shirt. She smiles at the camera and poses in a relaxed seated position.

1st May 2025

Your vote, your voice: Navigating the May 3 Federal Election

Elly Desmarchelier sits in front of Parliament House in Canberra, ACT.

16th April 2025

Beyond tokenism: The urgent case for disability representation in Australian politics

Disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier has shoulder-length red hair and wears a red blazer and purple shirt. She smiles at the camera and poses in a relaxed seated position.

1st May 2023

The bad and good of last week’s NDIS cost growth cap announcement

Elly Desmarchelier is smiling, wearing a white outfit with orange hair

2nd April 2023

In discussion around the NDIS, “if we’re talking about numbers, we’re focused on the wrong thing” 

Elly Desmarchelier sits in a beach wheelchair on the sand with the ocean behind her. She wears a floral swimsuit and smiles at the camera.

9th January 2023

Why the summer break can be hard if you’re disabled

Elly sits and talks into a microphone at the Defence our NDIS rally

15th December 2022

The AAT is to be scrapped. Good riddance

Disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier has shoulder-length red hair and wears a red blazer and purple shirt. She smiles at the camera and poses in a relaxed seated position.

14th December 2022

Don’t go quietly: Elly Desmarchelier on self-advocacy

Disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier has shoulder-length red hair and wears a red blazer and purple shirt. She smiles at the camera and poses in a relaxed seated position.

23rd November 2022

“Am I nervous? Hell yeah!” Here’s how Elly Desmarchelier prepared for the Q&A panel

Disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier has shoulder-length red hair and wears a red blazer and purple shirt. She smiles at the camera and poses in a relaxed seated position.

2nd November 2022

Breaking Down the House: Budget Week Edition

Elly Desmarchelier sits in front of Parliament House in Canberra, ACT.

26th September 2022

“Hello from Julia Gillard.” Elly Desmarchelier shares insight from her inbox