Australian Human Rights Commission
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 25 July 2019
and that public awareness campaigns reflect the diversity of people with
disability and capture the range of actions people can take to create an
inclusive society.42
Recommendation 18: The Australian Government ensure that the next
National Disability Strategy include policy directions and dedicated actions
at the individual, organisational and structural levels to develop and
implement awareness raising and education programs that are consistent
with the CRPD.
4.5
Accessibility (CRPD art 9, CO 20–21)
(a)
Disability Standards (LOI 9)
48.
The Commission is concerned that the lack of measures to ensure
nationally consistent implementation, enforceability, monitoring and
compliance under the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
2002 (Transport Standards) and the Disability (Access to Premises—
Buildings) Standards 2010 (Building Standards) has limited the
effectiveness of both Standards.43
49.
The Commission is also concerned that there is a lack of progress and
insufficient resources allocated to implement the recommendations made
following the statutory reviews of the Standards every five years.
Recommendation 19: The Australian Government introduce a national data
collection and reporting framework, coordinated between the
Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, to enable the
measurement of progress and compliance against the Building Standards
and Transport Standards.
Recommendation 20: The Australian Government consider additional
enforcement mechanisms for the Building Standards and Transport
Standards.
Recommendation 21: The Australian Government take immediate action to
implement the recommendations from the reviews of the Building
Standards and Transport Standards and allocate sufficient resources to
implement these recommendations.
(b)
Legislative and policy framework to ensure accessibility (LOI 10)
50.
The Commission is concerned about gaps in Australia’s legislative and
policy framework to ensure accessibility for people with disability,
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