Media releases

Today the Royal Commission has published a commissioned research report titled People with disability transitioning from prison and their pathway into homelessness.

Today the Royal Commission has published a Commissioners’ report on Public hearing 17.

The Royal Commission’s thirty-third and final substantive public hearing will examine a number of themes heard during the course of the inquiry through the case-study of two young people living with disability in Queensland.

Today the Royal Commission has published a commissioned research report titled Care criminalisation of children with disability in child protection systems, written by researchers from Monash University, Western Sydney University and the Centre for Evidence Implementation.

Today the Royal Commission has published a commissioned research report written by researchers at the University of New South Wales and National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NDEA) titled Towards best-practice access to services for culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability. 

Today the Royal Commission has published a Commissioners’ report on Public hearing 23. The hearing was held in Sydney from 16-20 May 2022 and examined the experiences of people with disability (and their families) who received services from the NDIS registered service provider Australian Foundation for Disability (Afford).

Today the Royal Commission published its seventh and final Progress Report, covering its activities from 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022.

The Disability Royal Commission has launched national information sessions What Australia Told Us! to share the major themes heard from people with disability and the community throughout the course of our inquiry.

Today the Royal Commission published a commissioned report titled Outcomes associated with ‘inclusive’, ‘segregated’ and 'integrated’ settings for people with disability.

The Royal Commission has today released a Commissioner’s report on Public hearing 20, which examined the experiences of people with disability engaging with the service provider Life Without Barriers (LWB).