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The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has today released the draft Commissioners’ Report of Public hearing 12: The experiences of people with disability, in the context of the Australian Government’s approach to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

The Disability Royal Commission will seek to understand the systemic problems experienced by First Nations children with disability in out-of-home care when it holds its next public hearing, Public hearing 16, from 17 to 24 September 2021.

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability will hold an additional day of Public hearing 13 on Friday 10th September 2021 commencing at 9.30am (AEST).

The first six months of 2021 showed considerable progress for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

The Disability Royal Commission welcomes the Australian Government’s release of a new national roadmap that aims to improve the health of people with intellectual disability (Roadmap).

The Disability Royal Commission will continue its examination of the experiences of people with cognitive disability in the criminal justice system when it holds public hearing 15 on 12 and 13 August 2021. This hearing will examine what happens when services and supports are sought by or for people with cognitive disability in the criminal justice system from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Due to the ongoing nature of the current COVID-19 restrictions, including the extended lockdown in Greater Sydney, the Disability Royal Commission has decided that Public hearing 19 will be further postponed until November 2021.

Due to the ongoing nature of the current COVID-19 restrictions on movement and travel, the Disability Royal Commission has decided that Public hearing 19, scheduled to take place in Melbourne from 28 July to 3 August, will be postponed until later in August 2021.

The Disability Royal Commission has decided that public hearing 15, scheduled to take place in Brisbane on 23 and 24 June, will be postponed until August 2021.