Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 25 July 2019 <https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Acces sibleCommunities/Report>. 9 Australian Human Rights Commission, ‘Working towards Equality for People with Disability’ (December 2017) <https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/disabilityrights/publications/working-towards-equality-people-disability>. 10 Australian Government, Department of Social Services, ‘Disability, Mental Health and Carers Programme - Disability and Carer Support Guidelines Overview’ (June 2014) <https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/12_2014/disabilityand_carer_support_pro gramme_guidelines_0.pdf>; Australian Government, Department of Social Services, ‘Operational Guidelines for the National Disability Advocacy Program’ (February 2018) <https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/03_2018/ndap_operational_guidelines_fe bruary_2018.pdf>. 11 Productivity Commission, ‘Review of the National Disability Agreement: Study Report’ (January 2019) 10 <https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/disability-agreement/report/disabilityagreement.pdf>. 12 Productivity Commission, above n 11, 2, 37, 161. 13 Productivity Commission, above n 11, 38, 116–119. 14 Productivity Commission, above n 11, 2, 23, 38. 15 University of New South Wales, Social Policy Research Centre, above n 7, 1. 16 University of New South Wales, Social Policy Research Centre, above n 7, 2–4. 17 Karen Soldatic et al, ‘Intellectual Disability and Complex Intersections: Marginalisation under the National Disability Insurance Scheme’ 1(1) Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 6. 18 The NDIA expect that around 20% of NDIS participants will be from a CALD background. As at 31 March 2019, 8.2% of NDIS participants were from a CALD background. National Disability Insurance Agency, ‘Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Strategy 2018’ (2018) 5 <https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/strategies/cultural-and-linguistic-diversity-strategy>; National Disability Insurance Agency, ‘COAG Disability Reform Council - Quarterly Report’ (31 March 2019) 67 <https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/publications/quarterly-reports>. The NDIA have not projected the percentage of participants who will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that 60,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a ‘severe or profound disability’. This equates to 7.5% of the projected total number of participants. As at 31 March 2019, 5.5% of NDIS participants were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Australian Bureau of Statistics, ‘Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2015’ (18 October 2016) <https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4430.0>; National Disability Insurance Agency, ‘COAG Disability Reform Council - Quarterly Report’, 66. 19 National Disability Insurance Agency, ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Strategy’ (2017) <https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/strategies/aboriginal-and-torres-straitislander-strategy>. 20 National Disability Insurance Agency, ‘Rural and Remote Strategy (2016-2019)’ (February 2016) <https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/strategies/rural-and-remote-strategy>. 21 National Disability Insurance Agency, ‘Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Strategy 2018’, above n 18. 22 National Disability Insurance Agency, ‘COAG Disability Reform Council - Quarterly Report’, above n 18, Table E.13, 71. 23 Australian Bureau of Statistics, above n 18. 24 The Hon Paul Fletcher MP, The Hon Sarah Henderson MP, ‘Joint Media Release: Government Tackles NDIS Market with Sector Engagement’ <https://www.paulfletcher.com.au/mediareleases/joint-media-release-government-tackles-ndis-market-with-sector-engagement>; Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Social Services, ‘NDIS Thin Markets Project’ 52 <https://engage.dss.gov.au/ndis-thin-markets-project/>.