Recommendation 7

The act of appealing the High Court’s judgment on the lawfulness of the National Disability Strategy created many months of uncertainty and frustration for disabled people and their representative organisations. It was unclear why the Government chose to pause 14 policies in the strategy while allowing a hundred others to continue. Failure to update disabled people on those actions that remained ongoing only served to exacerbate confusion and anxiety. The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work—who is charged with oversight of implementing the strategy— should have had a system in place to monitor the actions still in progress and to update disabled people’s organisations and other relevant stakeholders accordingly. (Paragraph 38) Updating Parliament