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Disability and Carers

Disability Reform Ministerial Council

Commonwealth and state and territory ministers with responsibility for disability policy meet regularly through the Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC). The DRMC reports to National Cabinet signifying the importance government places on matters affecting people with disability.

The DRMC discusses ways to improve and implement policy through:

Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS).
the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The DRMC is the Ministerial Council for the purposes of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth).

A list of DRMC members can be found at Disability Reform Ministers Membership | Department of Social Services, Australian Government (dss.gov.au).

Disability Reform Ministerial Council Statements

Joint Statement on Australian, State and Territory responses to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Disability Royal Commission)

Communiqués

Disability Reform Ministers

Disability Ministers

Disability Reform Council

Visit Trove for archived Disability Reform Council communiques from 18 December 2013 to 9 April 2020.

Reports and publications

Reports and publications

Last updated: 1 November 2024 - 3:19pm