National Disability Strategy
Beyond 2020

The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health invite you to a panel discussion on Stage 2 consultations for  Australia's next National Disability Strategy.

The National Disability Strategy (NDS) 2010-2020 is a critical policy for Australia’s future. The new Strategy provides an opportunity for all levels of government in Australia to create meaningful opportunities for people with disability, recognise and respect human rights and ensure all Australians’ needs are considered now and in the future. It is important that people with disability provide comment and input to ensure this occurs.
 
The second stage of Consultations for the National Disability Strategy are now open, and the webinar on 24 September from 1pm to 3pm is timed to discuss the critical issues in the new Strategy and what needs to be reflected in the new Strategy. 

Guest speakers include:

• Senator the Hon Anne Ruston – Minister for Families and Social Services
• Robert Fitzgerald AM – NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner
• Professor Karen Fisher –  Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
• Dr Ben Gauntlett – Disability Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission (Panel Facilitator)
• Damian Griffis – CEO, First Peoples Disability Network
• Rosemary Kayess – UN Committee Member on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities
• Professor Anne Kavanagh – Chair in Disability and Health at the University of Melbourne 
• Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn – Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney
• Edward Santow – Human Rights Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission
• Mary Sayers – CEO, Children and Young People with Disability Australia
• Paula Tesoriero MNZM – New Zealand Disability Discrimination Commissioner

The new Strategy is a once in a decade opportunity to create change for people with disability in Australia. ​Register to attend this event below.