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Royal Commission publishes Final report with 222 recommendations

Earlier today the Australian Government tabled the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Violenc

Final Report volumes - 15 books

Final report to be delivered to Governor-General 10am Thursday

The Chair of the Royal Commission and Commissioners will deliver the Royal Commission’s Final report to the Governor-General at 10am AEST on Thursday 28 September 2023.
Disability Royal Commission logo: Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

Final sitting of landmark Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability will hold its final sitting in Sydney tomorrow.
Audience are facing the stage with six commissioners and an auslan interpreter

Royal Commission publishes over 1,500 narratives of people with disability

Today the Royal Commission published 1,586 narratives on its website.

Lighthouse on a bushy hill with a sun shape overlaid with a colourful graffiti-like artwork on blue sky

Final public hearing releases case study findings

The Disability Royal Commission has today released a Commissioners’ report on Public hearing 33, which makes three findings and five recommendations in relation to the case study of two young men with disability, Kaleb and Jonathon (pseudonyms).
Public hearing 33 report cover artwork

Report examines alternatives to the use of restrictive practices

To reduce the use of restrictive practices, service providers should work with people with disability and their families, according to a research report commissioned by the Royal Commission.
Cover artwork for Reducing restrictive practices: A review of evidence-based alternatives

Report proposes an end to restrictive practices

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has released a commissioned research report into the use of ‘restrictive practices’.
Research Report - Eestrictive practices: A pathway to elimination report

Parents with disability face discrimination in child protection systems

Today the Disability Royal Commission published a commissioned research report titled Parents with disability and their experiences of child protection systems, conducted by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Research Report cover thumbnail Parents with disability and their experiences of child protection systems

The lack of NDIS services for First Nations people with disability ‘a national crisis’

Today the Disability Royal Commission published a commissioned research report by Deloitte titled Options to improve service availability and accessibility for First Nations people with disability
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First Nations women and children with disability at greater risk of family and domestic violence

The Royal Commission has published a commissioned research report that examines the experiences of family and domestic violence for First Nations women and children with disability.
Research Report Wangkiny Yirra speaking up project cover thumbnail