PWDA’s formal response to the Disability Royal Commission Final Report

For over four and a half years our disability community, laid bare throughout the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation we have endured and continue to experience. PWDA stood alongside people with disability throughout the DRC, supporting them to share their individual experiences as we collectively called for justice and genuine change.

The next step in being of ‘a voice of our own’ for people with disability has been preparing and launching a formal report in response to the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations.

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Representing the cross-disability interests of our members and people with disability across Australia, PWDA’s response addresses the 222 recommendations made in the DRC’s Final Report which was delivered to the Australian Government in September 2023. Following extensive consultation with our national membership, PWDA has developed 19 position statements on key recommendations:

1. Disability Rights Act
2. Commonwealth, state and territory governance
3. Composition and operation of the National Disability Commission
4. Minister for Disability Inclusion
5. Timeframe to phase out segregated housing
6. Transition plan to phase out segregated housing
7. Timeframe and transition plan to phase out segregated education
8. Timeframe and transition plan to phase out segregated employment
9. Raising the subminimum wage
10. Public sector employment of people with disability
11. Public sector procurement policies and disability employment
12. Disability discrimination laws
13. Interpretative declarations
14. Supported decision-making
15. Authorising, review and oversight of restrictive practices
16. Restrictive practices in health, mental health and education settings
17. Independent oversight and complaint mechanisms
18. Community Visitor Schemes
19. Redress scheme

Nothing About Us, Without Us

Through this report, PWDA is calling for people with disability, and their representative organisations, to have a formal role in sequencing and prioritising the implementation of reforms flowing from our Disability Royal Commission. We must be at the forefront of every decision, policy, and action that emerges from the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations and PWDA will continue advocating for this. Read PWDA’s full Response to the Disability Royal Commission Final Report for more detail on our policy positions and the change people with disability are calling for.

Read PWDA’s full Response to the Disability Royal Commission Final Report for more detail on our policy positions and the change people with disability are calling for.

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Listen to PWDA’s Report

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Read a summary of PWDA’s Report

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