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Building choice, control and confidence

Rhiannon Wapling
VCOSS
Monday 14th September, 2020
This submission is in response to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) discussion paper on Support Coordination. The quality of NDS plans, including the provision of Support Coordination funding, largely
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Government response to the NDIS Act review

Australian Government
Friday 28th August, 2020
The Australian Government welcomes the 2019 review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (the NDIS Act) report completed by Mr David Tune AO PSM. The Report contains 29
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Fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme: A look to the future of the NDIS

Sara Bice & Mmartyn Pearce 
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a significant policy. Launched in 2016, the NDIS provides support to Australians with a disability, their families, and their carers. But while it has
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Contextual issues in the implementation of mental health legislation

RuthVine, FionaJudd
Science Direct
Sunday 11th November, 2018

An new article in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry explores how changes to Victorian legislation improving human rights have been limited by under-investment and policy failures across the

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Equal Before the Law: Towards Disability Justice Strategies

Australian Human Rights Commission
Saturday 1st February, 2014

This report focuses on people with disabilities who need communication supports or who have complex and multiple support needs and who have come in contact with the criminal justice system….

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Government Response to Law Reform Committee’s Inquiry into Access to Justice by People with an Intellectual Disability

State of victoria
Thursday 5th September, 2013

On 5 March 2013, the Law Reform Committee tabled its report on the Inquiry into Access to and Interaction with the Justice System by People with an Intellectual Disability and…

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