Recommendation 4

Disabled people face additional costs in their daily lives. These costs are exacerbated by restrictions on their choice as consumers. We support the Government’s commitment in the National Disability Strategy to establish an Extra Costs Taskforce to better understand the extra costs faced by disabled people, including how this breaks down for different impairments. The Government originally planned to set up the taskforce by summer 2022. We recommend that the Government establish an Extra Costs Taskforce as a priority and by no later than summer 2024.