Reviews and evidence that informed Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031
Development of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 (ADS) was guided by a number of reviews and inquiries that looked at how the original National Disability Strategy 2010–2020 (original Strategy) was implemented.
The major reviews were:
- Senate Inquiry – Community Affairs References Committee: Delivery of outcomes under the National Disability Strategy (2017)
- Review of implementation of the National Disability Strategy (2019)
This independent review by the Social Policy Research Centre showed that parts of the original Strategy were working well and the original Strategy’s overall principles and goals were valuable, however there were areas for improvement, particularly on how the original Strategy was being implemented.
- Productivity Commission (PC) review of the National Disability Agreement (2019)
The findings from the PC review were considered in developing ADS. The review laid out a proposed model to improve effectiveness of the National Disability Agreement and the original Strategy, particularly in an environment where the NDIS is fully rolled out.
- United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities reports
Australia periodically reports to the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the most recent report was considered by the UN Committee in September 2019. The Australian Government report (link is external) and the Civil Society report [PDF 1.7 MB] (link is external) to the UN Committee; as well as the UN Committee's concluding observations (link is external), were important reference points in developing the new Strategy.
Australian, state, territory and local governments used these reviews and evidence to develop the Position Paper which was released in July 2020 as part of stage 2 consultations.
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