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.
All governments are working together to develop a shared approach to progressing aspects of this recommendation. This is expected to be considered by DRMC later in 2025.
What the Disability Royal Commission said in the final report
Commencing in 2025, the National Disability Commission should table an annual report in the Australian Parliament reporting on the progress of the Australian Government and state and territory governments in implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission.
The report should compare progress across jurisdictions.
(For details of the National Disability Commission, see Volume 5, Governing for inclusion, Recommendation 5.5.)
Joint Government response July 2024
The Australian Government and state and territory governments will consider appropriate independent reporting arrangements on implementation of Disability Royal Commission recommendations. Disability Ministers will consider possible arrangements and mechanisms for agreement and publication in 2024.
More recommendations
View progress on other recommendations made by the Royal Commission.