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… Have your say at Australia’s Disability Strategy National Forum Join us online on 2 and 3 November 2022 for the live stream of Australia’s Disability Strategy National Forum.  The forum is your chance to have a say about how Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 (Opens external website) will continue to shape …

… Australian Government response to the Disability Royal Commission report on public hearing 5: Experiences of people with disability during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic The Australian Government … action to address and implement many of the recommendations including reform to consultation processes, improvements to data, governance …

… and standard products are accessible to participants, alongside specialist disability products the whole of disability supports needs to be considered together. Accessible versions of … to stay up-to-date on NDIS reforms (Opens external website) National Disability Insurance Scheme review and reforms The report on feedback …

… Australia’s Disability Strategy National Forum livestream recordings now available online Livestream recordings of Australia’s Disability Strategy National Forum are now available to watch online at Australia’s Disability Strategy Hub (Opens external website) . The Forum was held on 2-3 …

… Report on Long Term Options for Dispute Resolution under the National Disability Insurance Scheme The Independent Expert Review (IER) Oversight … Board member.  Committee members include people with lived experience of disability and disability advocates, as well as representatives from … Commonwealth, state and territory Disability Ministers at the  Disability Reform Ministers Meeting  on 13 December 2022. The report has also been …

… Extension of Disability Employment Services and National Panel of Assessors programs A … new Inclusive Employment Australia (formerly known as the new specialist disability employment program) and National Panel of Assessors (NPA) programs is paused. The current Disability Employment Services (DES) and the NPA programs will be extended to …

… Public consultation open on new NDIS legislation The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has changed the lives of more than 472,000 … faster, fairer and more consistent NDIS that works better for people with disability, their families and carers. The proposed NDIS legislative reforms … of the 2019 Independent Review (the Tune Review) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (the NDIS Act) Some of the proposed …

… Government Response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme final report: Inquiry into NDIS Planning The … Government welcomes the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (the Committee’s) final report on the Inquiry into National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Planning (the Report).   In December 2019, …

… Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework annual report released The Outcomes Framework is a key action under Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 (Opens external website) (the Strategy). The Strategy is a plan to make life better for people with disability. The Outcomes Framework aims to measure, track and report on how …

… Release of the Australian Government Progress Update on the Disability Royal Commission The Australian Government has released a Progress … Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Disability Royal Commission) final report. The Progress Update provides an …