Responsibility: Australian Government
Response: Note
Status: Note
What has been achieved to date
This recommendation has been noted. Please refer to the Australian Government response to this recommendation for additional information.
What the Disability Royal Commission said in the final report
The Australian Government should convene a Disability Employment Rights Council to improve coordination, consistency and clarity across regulatory bodies and frameworks to improve outcomes for people with disability in employment.
Joint Government response July 2024
The Australian Government recognises the benefits of bringing together key disability, employee and employer representatives, and people’s organisations, regulators, and policy bodies to discuss how legal and regulatory frameworks can be used or clarified to improve outcomes for people with a disability at work. Existing forums can be leveraged for this collaboration as required.
The Government has continued to progress a range of reforms and measures that will better protect and advance the human rights of people with disability and is undertaking significant reform and investment to drive quality employment outcomes and help more people with disability prepare for and find suitable employment. Over the next 4 years, the Government has committed over $5.5 billion towards disability employment, including an additional $227.6 million to implement a new specialist disability employment program commencing on 1 July 2025 and $23.3 million to establish a Disability Employment Centre of Excellence.
Further information on these reforms and measures can be found in the responses to recommendations 4.1 to 4.21, 7.16, 7.17, and the Overview of initial investment and action section of this response.
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