Media releases

Commissioner Andrea Mason OAM is urging First Nations people with disability to share their stories with the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

The Royal Commission is holding community forums in Hobart, Tasmania on Tuesday 26 November 2019.

The Royal Commission will hold a public hearing in Melbourne from 2 to 6 December 2019.

​​The first Public hearing of the Royal Commission on Monday 4 November will focus on education.

The Royal Commission is holding community forums in South Australia in November 2019.

The Royal Commission has released an issues paper on education and learning.

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability will hold its first public hearing in the north Queensland city of Townsville next month.

The Royal Commission officially opens in Brisbane today.

Today the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator the Hon Anne Ruston MP, announced the appointment of a seventh Commissioner, the Hon Roslyn Atkinson AO, to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

Today the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability held its first community forum, in Townsville.