Download UWU’s submission of the Disability Discrimination Act Review, conducted by the Federal Attorney-General’s Department, filed on Friday 14 November 2025.
The submission recommends the following:
- UWU welcomes the Disability Discrimination Act Review conducted by the Federal Attorney-General’s Department. UWU broadly supports the reforms and amendments proposed to the Disability Discrimination Act, particularly in view of the Department’s intention to modernise, clarify, and strengthen the provisions of the Act.
- UWU supports the Review’s stated purpose to incorporate the 15 recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission into the Disability Discrimination Act.
- It is important that better access and improved participation in employment is achieved for people with disability, not only in terms of removing barriers to entry into the workforce but barriers to remain in the workforce.