Responsibility: Australian, state and territory governments
Joint Response: Accept in principle
Status: In progress
What has been achieved to date
In July 2024, the Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC) agreed to a National Monitoring and Reporting Framework for the Disability Royal Commission, which commits all governments to transparent and robust reporting on the implementation of the Disability Royal Commission recommendations.
This includes providing regular reporting on the implementation of the recommendations to the DRMC, and the community, and annual reporting to National Cabinet. Input into the reporting includes progress updates from other Ministerial Councils and individual governments for the recommendations within their responsibility.
What the Disability Royal Commission said in the final report
The Disability Reform Ministerial Council should oversee the implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations across the Australian Government and state and territory governments.
The Australian Government and each state and territory government should report to the Disability Reform Ministerial Council every six months. Their reports should detail the implementation status of each recommendation and raise any issues and risks.
In its 2024 report to National Cabinet, the Disability Reform Ministerial Council should identify the implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations as one of its priorities and include it in its workplan.
Joint Government response July 2024
The Australian Government and state and territory governments support the Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC) having responsibility for monitoring and overseeing the implementation of Disability Royal Commission recommendations.
Disability Ministers have identified the development of responses to the Disability Royal Commission as a priority focus and have agreed to include consideration of reform in response to the Disability Royal Commission as a standing agenda item for all DRMC meetings in 2024.
The issues raised in the Disability Royal Commission’s Final Report, and change required, traverse the responsibilities of several portfolios and Ministerial Councils, and require a significant and sustained national effort from all governments and all parts of our community.
DRMC will report annually to National Cabinet on the implementation of Disability Royal Commission recommendations, with input from other Ministerial Councils on progress made on recommendations within their responsibility.
Disability Ministers have also agreed to a reporting and monitoring framework to support ongoing and transparent updates on progress of implementation of recommendations.
More recommendations
View progress on other recommendations made by the Royal Commission.