Posted June 16, 2023
The new National Disability Advocacy Framework 2023-2025 (NDAF) and associated Disability Advocacy Work Plan were endorsed by Disability Ministers on 21 April 2023. They were developed by the Australian, state and territory governments, in consultation with people with disability, families, carers, disability advocacy providers and disability representative organisations. The NDAF commits governments to work together to improve national consistency and access to advocacy services for people with disability across Australia. The Work Plan identifies shared priority work areas for the Australian, state and territory governments, to work on to support the outcomes in the NDAF.
Posted June 13, 2023
This toolkit presents the benefits of ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OP-CRPD), answers questions on its content and application, and provides a simplified version of the provisions of the Optional Protocol.
Posted May 5, 2023
The Supported Decision Making Policy takes a rights-based approach to assist participants to make decisions in the NDIS, while building the skills and knowledge of decision supporters, NDIA staff and partners.
Posted April 14, 2023
The Determination 2023 sets out the rules decision-makers must use when assessing a person’s work-related impairment for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) under the Social Security Act 1991. A number of changes were made to the DSP assessment that apply to claims for the DSP made on or after 1 April 2023. The number of tables have been reduced from 22 to 15. The new tables adopt a functional-based assessment of a person’s ability to work, instead of the previous diagnosis-based assessment. This instrument replaces the 2011 Determination.
Posted February 10, 2023
The Charter aims to improve outcomes for parents and carers with disabilities who come into contact with Child Protection in Victoria. The Charter recognises that parents and carers have the right to a relationship with their children. Child Protection has a legal responsibility to promote your child’s best interests’ and safety, and throughout their involvement … Continued
Posted January 12, 2023
The Act provides a more modern framework for the appointment of a guardian or administrator and statutory recognition for supported decision making. A guardian can make personal and lifestyle decisions for a person with a disability. Examples include services they may need, where they live and/or who can have access to them. An administrator can make … Continued
Posted January 12, 2023
The NDIS Rules are legislative instruments made under the NDIS Act. They set out the more detailed operation of the NDIS and should be read in conjunction with the NDIS Act.
Posted January 12, 2023
This Act provides for the voluntary registration of disability workers and students, and the regulation of registered and unregistered disability workers.
Posted January 12, 2023
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. The Declaration was proclaimed as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations and it sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. It paved the way for, the adoption of over seventy human rights treaties around the world, and it has been translated into over 500 languages.
Posted January 12, 2023
This legislation protects people from discrimination on the basis of their individual attributes in certain areas of public life, and provides redress for people who have been discriminated against. It also aims to eliminate, as far as possible, discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation.
Posted November 17, 2022
The Disability Inclusion Profile and surrounding process is designed to helps schools and families identify the strengths, functional needs, and educational adjustments schools can make to assist students with disability and additional learning needs. The profile is part of a broader package to strengthen inclusive education across the school system including the expectation that schools must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that students with disability can access and participate in education on the same basis as students without disability, regardless of the availability of additional funding.
Posted October 21, 2022
The National Plan provides the foundation for a whole-of-society approach to end gender-based violence in one generation. It sets the direction for the next 10 years. This National Plan is our collective commitment to a country free of gender-based violence – where all people live free from fear and violence and are safe at home, at work, at school, in the community and online. Living free of violence is a fundamental human right.
Posted August 12, 2022
The Operational Guideline has information about how to make a claim after receiving an approved support and outlines all types of plan management (self-managed, using a registered plan manager or Agency-managed) and shows you: how to pay providers who claims for your supports what needs to be checked before a claim is made how to … Continued
Posted July 8, 2022
Different types of home and living supports will suit different people. Specialist disability accommodation has been designed to meet the needs for people living with disability who have very high support needs. Most participants don’t need to live in specialist disability accommodation, and there may be other home and living supports that better suit your needs and preferences. The guidelines will clarify what options are available to you and how to get specialist disability accommodation into your budget if you are eligible.
Posted May 13, 2022
The directions provides guidelines and standards for the use of physical restraint which must be complied with by disability service providers and registered NDIS providers as part of Victoria’s authorisation process.
