The Australian Government is reviewing the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 in a move to ensure that it is working to protect people with disability.
As part of this process, public consultations have now launched and will be open for 12 weeks – closing on 24 October 2025.
The government invites the following groups to share their views on this important area for reform:
- * people with disability
- * families, carers and kin
- * advocates
- * service providers
- * employers
- * unions
- * small business
- * legal professionals
- * education providers
- * academia
- * the broader community.
Consultations will be run both as in-person and online events, with more information available on the Attorney-General’s Department website – https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/human-rights-and-anti-discrimination/australias-anti-discrimination-law/review-disability-discrimination-act
Initially, you can get involved through:
- * making a submission in response to the questions in the Issues Paper – either as an individual or on behalf of an organisation (https://consultations.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/dda-issues-paper/consultation/)
or by
- * completing the shorter community survey. This is ideally for those who do not want to respond to questions in the Issues Paper but would still like to contribute to the review (https://consultations.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/dda-community-survey/consultation/)
To automatically receive updates as the review progresses (including information about upcoming consultation events), you can register at https://app.vision6.com.au/em/forms/subscribe.php?db=875028&s=926311&a=120874&k=ANKRxcAGh1U3b-sExDmfCIjDpnQdzabUvgK7hq_bPY4
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