The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health hosted a panel discussion on the National Disability Strategy on 24 September 2020.

Panelists included people with disability, research academics, sector experts, the Minister for Social Services, Human Rights Commissioners and policy makers. They were asked to reflect on critical issues relating to the new National Disability Strategy.

A recording of the webinar is available below

A full transcript (word doc) is available to download 

A summary report is also available to download

Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country

• Dr Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
• Damian Griffis, CEO, First Peoples Disability Network

Panel 1 – A reflection on the last National Disability Strategy

• Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Co-Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health, and Director at the Centre for Disability Research and Policy, the University of Sydney and Head, WHO Collaborating Centre in Health Workforce Development in Rehabilitation and Long Term Care
• Robert Fitzgerald AM, NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner
• Professor Karen Fisher, Social Policy Research Centre, University of NSW
• Kirsten Deane, Campaign Director, Every Australian Counts (video)
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Panel 2 – What is needed under the National Disability Strategy

• Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services
• Rosemary Kayess, UN Committee Member for Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities
• Paula Tesoriero MNZM, NZ Disability Rights Commissioner, NZ Human Rights Commission
• Heidi LaPaglia, Project and Policy Officer, Women with Disabilities Australia (video)

Panel 3 – Issues for the new National Disability Strategy

• Professor Anne Kavanagh, Co-Director and Lead Investigator of the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health, Academic Director at the Melbourne Disability Institute, University of Melbourne, and Chair in Disability and Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
• Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
• Mary Sayers, CEO, Children and Young People with Disability Australia
• Damian Griffis, CEO, First Peoples Disability Network
• Brandon Tomlin, Communication Access Assessor, Scope (video)
• Associate Professor Hannah Badland, Deputy Director of the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT, and Chief Investigator at the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health

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