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NDIS Review agrees advocacy plays a crucial role

It’s been a landmark year for disability policy in Australia. Not only is the community still working through the recommendations from the Disability Royal Commission, in addition last Thursday the long-awaited NDIS Review was finally released. There’s plenty to say on the many recommendations of the review, which touch a lot of different aspects of […]

NDIS change must be led by people with disability – Joint media statement

Today, the Independent Review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Review) published its Final Report: Working together to deliver the NDIS

Disability Representative Organisations issued a Joint Media Statement, endorsed by over 70 organisations across Australia.

3 December is International Day of People with Disability 2023

Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on Disability Rights Act

One of the recommendations from the Disability Royal Commission that’s received a lot of attention sits in Volume 4: their recommendation that Australia should legislate a Disability Rights Act. This act would implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) into Australian law and require government and people acting on behalf of […]

Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on complaint mechanisms

Complaint one-stop shops and accessible complaint pathways Today, in our series analysing the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) report we are again delving into one of the topics covered in Volume 11, Independent oversight and complaint mechanisms. In Chapter 2 the DRC makes recommendations for establishing and maintaining ‘one-stop shop’ complaint reporting, referral and support and […]

Royal Commission: Analysing the recommendations on community visitors

In Today’s analysis, we’re delving into another component of monitoring and safeguarding covered in Volume 11, Independent oversight and complaint mechanisms, of the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) final report. Chapter 4 explores the current and potential roles of Community Visitor Schemes (CVS) (sometimes known as ‘Official Visitors’, ‘Official Community Visitors’, or ‘Official Visitors Disability). Community […]