Advocacy for Inclusion (AFI) has called for fundamental structural reform of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) in a submission to the Attorney-General’s current consultation, arguing that minor adjustments will not address the systemic barriers that continue to exclude people with disability from full participation in Australian life. 

AFI’s Head of Policy, Craig Wallace said “When the DDA was enacted thirty years ago, it represented a landmark promise that Australians with disability would be able to participate equally in public life. That promise remains unfulfilled.”