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Disability Rights
11 January 2021WebpageAction plans and action plan guides
Registered Disability Discrimination Act action plans are available through our online register, including over 500 plans available for viewing on line or download, together with implementation reports in many cases. -
Disability Rights
3 December 2020Opinion piece
Being acknowledged is the first step to being included
When I started my career as a young lawyer, I made a decision to tell people upfront that I used a wheelchair. On the occasions when I didn't, people often didn’t realise that I was the lawyer who they had spoken to on the phone. They would assume I was attending a meeting for work experience, or address their questions to my colleague instead of me. This continued even as my career… -
Disability Rights
30 October 2020Submission
Submission in response to the National Disability Strategy: Position Paper (2020)
1. Introduction The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to provide the Department of Social Services (DSS) with this submission in response to the National Disability Strategy: Position Paper [i] (the Position Paper) regarding the development of a new National Disability Strategy (the New Strategy). The Commission is Australia’s national human rights … -
Disability Rights
6 October 2020Submission
People with Disability and Employment (2020)
1. Introduction The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Royal Commission). The Royal Commission provides an important opportunity to prevent and redress violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability… -
Disability Rights
1 October 2020Speech
National Disability Strategy Future Forum: Beyond 2020
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ and the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health National Disability Strategy: Beyond 2020 webinar September 24, 2020 Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Introductory Address Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests; Good disability policy benefits all Australians, now and in the future. On behalf of the Centre of… -
Disability Rights
20 August 2020Publication
The rights of people in health and disability care during COVID-19
Explore the rights of people in health and disability care during COVID-19. -
Disability Rights
30 July 2020Publication
Access under Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
These Guidelines have been developed by the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (the Commission) to provide clear and practical assistance to facilitate compliance with the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Cth) (the Transport Standards) through the use of equivalent access. -
Disability Rights
14 May 2020Media Release
Disability Discrimination Commissioner joins Play by the Rules
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Dr Ben Gauntlett will join the management committee of Play by the Rules, the national program to make grass roots sports safe, fair and inclusive. Dr Gauntlett joins his ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ colleague, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins (co-chair), and South Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commissioner Dr Niki Vincent representing…
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