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...
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.
International Day of People with Disability is held each year on 3 December to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. The United Nations theme for IDPwD gives a focus for society to remove barriers for people with disability...
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...
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...
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...
