Media releases

The Royal Commission has today released an Overview of responses (link) to the Impact of, and responses to, the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with disability Issues paper.

The Disability Royal Commission will inquire into the conditions for people with disability in youth detention and adult prisons during its twenty-seventh Public hearing in Perth next week.

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has released its Sixth progress report highlighting a range of activities held over the first six months of 2022.

At its twenty-sixth public hearing, the Disability Royal Commission will hear evidence from people with disability who have experienced homelessness or live in insecure or inadequate housing in New South Wales and Victoria.

Members of the Royal Commission are in Western Australia this month to attend a series of collaborative in-person engagements with disability community groups, service providers and advocacy organisations.

Staff from the Disability Royal Commission will be meeting with players from the Gold Coast Titan’s Leagueability team today, to learn about how the industry leading participation program has changed their lives.

The Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with disability has recently received its 5,000th submission following a significant increase in submissions this year.

In a five day hearing commencing on Monday 11 July, the Disability Royal Commission will examine the operation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in remote and very remote communities.

Today the Disability Royal Commission releases its report, ‘Preventing and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation in disability services (South Australia)’, which considers the evidence given by witnesses during its fourteenth Public hearing, held in Adelaide from 7 to 11 June 2021.

Public hearing 24 will commence on Monday 6 June in Canberra for five days. The hearing will examine the experiences of children and young people in different primary and high school education settings, including what are commonly referred as special schools with a focus on Western Australia and South Australia.