Disability Reform Ministerial Council

Role

Commonwealth and state and territory ministers with responsibility for disability policy meet regularly through the Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC). The DRMC reports to National Cabinet, signifying the importance government places on matters affecting people with disability.

The DRMC discusses ways to improve and implement policy through:

• Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS)
• the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The DRMC is the Ministerial Council for the purposes of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth).

Members

These are the current DRMC members. You can find out more about their jurisdiction, portfolio and contact details.

Commonwealth Ministers TBC.

The Hon Kate Washington MP (NSW)

The Hon Lizzie Blandthorn MP (VIC)

The Hon Amanda Camm MP (QLD)

The Hon Hannah Beazley BA MLA (WA)

The Hon Nat Cook MP (SA)

The Hon Joanne Palmer MLC (TAS)

Suzanne Orr MLA (ACT)

The Hon Jinson Charls (NT)

Communiques

Reports and publications

Read about:

• disability policy reforms, including the Disability Reform Roadmap (with an Easy Read version)
• NDIS review and reforms, including:
  • the report of the NDIS review on the NDIS Review website
  • NDIS Market Roles and Responsibilities
  • the Applied Principles and Tables of Support to Determine the Responsibilities of the NDIS and other Service Systems
• the Review of NDIA actuarial forecast model and drivers of Scheme costs (with an Easy Read version)
• Specialist Disability Accommodation reforms, including:
  • Disability Reform Council response to Recommendations on the National Library's web archive
  • Specialist Disability Accommodation Pricing and Payments Framework Review: Final Report
  • Specialist Disability Accommodation Pricing and Payments Framework.

Updates

• Meeting – 6 June 2025
• Meeting – 21 February 2025
• Meeting – 1 November 2024

Find previous updates for this council on the National Library of Australia's web archive.