MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE |
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ABBREVIATIONS |
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LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS |
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A Royal Commission
National disability complaints mechanism
National workforce and workplace regulation
Access to justice
State and Territory reporting and investigating
The right to self-determination
The right to risk
Counselling and support services
Advocacy
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Restrictive practice
Housing options
Schools
Recognition of disability in protective policy
Data
International Human Rights
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Executive Summary |
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Chapter 1 - Introduction |
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Establishment of the inquiry
The structure of the report
Key concepts
Figure 1.1: All Persons, Disability status
and living arrangements
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Chapter 2 - International and national frameworks |
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Australia's international law obligations
Commonwealth, state and territory roles and responsibilities
Figure 2.1: National Disability Agreement
Specific Purpose Payments, states and territories, 2014–19.
Oversight and complaints reporting mechanisms
Recent disability‑related inquiries and reports
Data on violence, abuse and neglect
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Chapter 3 - Lived experience of violence, abuse and neglect |
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Introduction
Experiences of violence, abuse and neglect: General community
Experiences of violence, abuse and neglect: Institutions and residential
settings
Experiences of violence, abuse and neglect: Schools
Image 1: Child with autism being physically
restrained in a purpose built chair.
Concluding committee view
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Chapter 4 - Disability-specific interventions |
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Introduction
Defining legal incapacity
Disability specific lawful violence
Guardianship
Restrictive Practice
Table 4.1: Summary of relevant legislation
and policies relating to the use of restrictive practices in all Australian
jurisdictions
Image 4.1: A "safe room" in use at
a Victorian public school at time of submission to inquiry
Image 4.2: A fenced seclusion area visible
from the school playground
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Chapter 5 - Reporting and investigating |
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Reporting allegations of abuse, violence and neglect
Table 5.1: Reporting requirements of serious
or critical incidents for funded disability service providers
Table 5.2: External complaints, investigation/dispute resolution bodies for
people with disability
Figure 5.1: Disability Act complaint pathways in Victoria
Table 5.3: Community visitor programs by jurisdiction
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Chapter 6 - Access to justice |
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Access to justice
Barriers and challenges
Strategies to address barriers
Needs of specific groups
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Chapter 7 - Advocacy |
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Table 7.1: Real government direct service delivery expenditure on advocacy,
information and print disability services, 2013-14 ($'000)
Self-advocacy
Informal Advocacy
Advocacy under the NDIS
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Chapter 8 - Risk factors and causes |
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Systemic issues
Cultural attitudes
Individual worker issues
Individual workplace issues
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Chapter 9 - National Disability Insurance Scheme |
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NDIS coverage
Self-directed disability support
Unit pricing
Consultation paper on a quality and safeguarding framework
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Chapter 10 - Recommendations |
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Headline recommendations
Other recommendations
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Additional Comments—Coalition Senators |
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APPENDIX 1 - Submissions and additional information received by the Committee |
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APPENDIX 2 - Public hearings |
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APPENDIX 3 - Summary of key recommendations from previous reports |
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Australian
Law Reform Commission
Australian
Human Rights Commission
Productivity
Commission
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