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Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on housing and homelessness

Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on housing and homelessness

Last week, we looked at the important role of independent disability advocacy and how it is reflected throughout the 12 volumes of the Disability Royal Commission Final Report.   In continuing our analysis of the Royal Commission recommendations, we have turned our focus to housing and homelessness. This analysis also coincides with our recent submission on […]

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What next for the DRC recommendations

As the disability community prepared themselves for the release of the Royal Commission Final Report on September 29, key advocacy organisations came together to hold space for the deep impact this report will have. Meeting in Adelaide in the early hours of Friday, the representatives of these organisations sat quietly together in a small office […]

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Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations Call for Healing

Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations Call for Healing

The release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is a huge landmark for the disability community in Australia. It’s the start of our journey to an inclusive future. When the report was handed down last Friday, we chose to hold space for our […]

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DRC Final Ceremonial Sitting held on 15 September – Transcript now available

DRC Final Ceremonial Sitting held on 15 September – Transcript now available

After four years, the Disability Royal Commission has come to an end with a final ceremonial sitting, ahead of the release of its final report. Before the report is tabled in government on Thursday 28th September, we are reflecting on the Final Ceremonial Sitting that was held earlier this month. The Disability Royal Commission’s Ceremonial […]

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