The disability royal commission made 222 recommendations for change The commissioners were split on key areas like education, work and group homes The government has set up a taskforce, but gave no immediate response to the recommendations
I impulsively bought a single bottle of a fizzy premix at the bottle shop the other day that had way more alcohol in it than I realised. I think I’ll drink that tonight.
My congratulations and condolences to everyone involved in this report and the reasons behind its necessity. It is painful, grossly overdue, and simultaneously vindicating.
Yep absolutely feel the same way. I helped a few people make their submissions and it was a difficult but ultimately empowering process for them. I hope these stories help the wider community to understand how prevalent violence, abuse and neglect is in disabled people’s lives and how we can all work towards preventing this.
Brutal. Thankyou for your time and energy and emotional labour. I hope whatever you drank to celebrate/commiserate tasted much better than my impulse-purchase premix. I understand why it was discounted now.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The final report by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has been tabled in federal parliament.
“It will report through to ministers regularly with an update on progress to be made public early next year, as a staged response to the recommendations is rolled out,” Ms Rishworth said.
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten acknowledged while some in the disability sector would have liked a more immediate response, he said the government wanted to make sure it did not rush anything.
Disability advocates, who fought for decades to get the inquiry set up, have been eagerly awaiting the report.
People with Disability Australia President Nicole Lee, who gave evidence before the royal commission, said it was “a huge day for our community”.
The royal commission began in 2019, and held 32 public hearings, which scrutinised the experiences of the 4.4 million Australians who live with disability.
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