4. Policy and Legislative Context

Council’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023 – 2026 aligns with international, federal, and state legislation and policy specific to disability inclusion.

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPWD)

Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS)

NSW Disability Inclusion Act 2014 (DIA)

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

NSW Disability Inclusion Plan

„ Accessible, liveable communities

„ Employment

„ Systems and Process

Disability reform impacting inclusion in NSW. NDIS

„ Attitudes and behaviours

Disability Inclusion Action Plans

Creating an inclusive NSW

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) ratified by Australia in 2008, acknowledges that people with disability have the same human rights as those without disability.

National

Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 replaces and builds on the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020. The Strategy is a national framework that all governments in Australia have signed up to. It sets out a plan for continuing to improve the lives of people with disability in Australia over the next ten years. It supports Australia’s commitment under the UNCRPD. The Strategy’s vision is for an inclusive Australian society that ensures people with disability can fulfill their potential as equal members of the community.

State

The introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has placed the individual at the centre of Government supports.

The NSW Disability Inclusion Act 2014 (DIA) requires all NSW public authorities and all local councils to remake a DIAP every four years and report against the effectiveness of these plans to the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services at the end of each financial year. The NSW Disability Council assists the Minister in reviewing DIAPs and provides advice on their success annually.

„ Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA)

„ NSW Anti-Discrimination Act (1977 (ADA)

„ NSW Government Sector Employment Act 2012

„ Disability Discrimination Act 1992