AFDO

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

AHRC

Australian Human Rights Commission

AIFS

Australian Institute of Family Studies

ALHR

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights

Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions bill

Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

CRPD

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

DANA

Disability Advocacy Network Australia

Disability Royal Commission

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability

DRIP

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

DS Act

Disability Services Act 1986

DSI bill

Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023

DSS or the department

Department of Social Services

EM

Explanatory Memorandum

FPDN

First Peoples Disability Network Australia

Human Rights Committee

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

NDIS

National Disability Insurance Scheme

Scrutiny Committee

Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills

The bills

Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023 and Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

The committee

Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee

The Minister

The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Social Services

The Strategy

Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031