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

Queensland’s government recently announced its intention to build six new special schools in the state budget.
Queensland risks condemning generations of students to segregated schooling
Emma Myers
News

With the release of State budgets now concluded, not a single state has mentioned a figure for Foundational Supports
Funding for Foundational Supports missing from State budgets
Emma Myers
News

DANA has released its annual Systemic Advocacy Report
Disability advocates demand action after systemic failings revealed
Emma Myers
News

Disability advocacy organisations nationwide have banded together to demand the NDIS improve assessment processes within the Scheme.
Leading disability representatives offer recommendations for new NDIS assessment model
Emma Myers
News

Many service providers in the disability sector will receive further funding cuts.
Service providers outraged over NDIS funding cuts
Emma Myers
News

The owner of a Hunter Valley based mobile dietetic practice talked NDIS cuts
NDIS cuts to service providers
Emma Myers
News

Brought to you by the Disability Media Australia, the Powerd Newswrap presents articles from the powerd.media website, along with discussions of the related topics.
Powerd NewsWrap 11th June 2025
Powerd NewsWrap by Emma Myers
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A major taxi company has rolled out a new policy dedicated to ensuring passengers with assistance animals will not be refused transport based on their accessibility requirements.
Taxi service enforces zero tolerance on drivers refusing assistance animals
Emma Myers
News

Children living with disability and their families could need to wait until their ninth birthday before they become eligible for NDIS
Age of NDIS accessibility for children to increase
Emma Myers
News

Deafblind advocates and disability organisations will cover key politicians in knitted and crocheted materials this week.
Leading Deafblind groups yarn bomb MPs to raise awareness of patient care
Emma Myers
News