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Disability Royal Commission calls for urgent action

The Royal Commission is calling on all Australian governments to ensure that responses to COVID-19 include dedicated strategies and take all necessary measures to protect and support people with disability.

Australian governments should seek input from people with disability, leading disability experts and advocates in developing their dedicated strategy, and in particular, in its COVID-19 Coordination Commission initiative.

Disability Royal Commission suspends all public events

Disability Royal Commission suspends all public events Please note that the Disability Royal Commission has suspended public hearings, due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. This includes upcoming hearings on: education scheduled for next week in Brisbane, Queensland justice scheduled for April in Brisbane, Queensland First Nations people with disability scheduled for May in […]

Source: AFDO

Disability Royal Commission: help fix submission form

To help people give their information to the Disability Royal Commission* a submission form was designed. DANA explained to the Commissioners that there were problems with their submission form: the questions were too long and complicated not all questions aligned with best trauma-informed practice the ordering of the questions could be improved the need for […]

“We’re not ready”: Disability Royal Commission

Greens senator Jordon Steele-John says the Disability Royal Commission is not ready to go. “Disabled people have fought for decades for this opportunity for justice. We cannot afford to put this at risk simply because the commission wishes to be seen to be doing something. Nobody wants to have the opportunity for disabled people to […]

Indigenous communities: hidden stories of abuse

The Disability Royal Commission will bring forward the hidden stories of abuse in indigenous communities. “People are bringing up vulnerable experiences and what support is after that? They haven’t talked about, or funded appropriately, healing programs and support for before or after.” June Riemer from First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN) said First Nations people […]

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, neglect and Exploitation of people with Disability

The first official Sitting of the Disability Royal Commission opened on Monday 16 September 2019. Commission chair Ronald Sackville said how the Royal Commission will strongly reference the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability. He acknowledged the hard work of advocates who had campaigned for years to make this royal Commission […]