Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 25 July 2019 a. amending the Action Plan to provide that no person aged under 65 years should enter or live in residential aged care by 2025. b. including a dedicated and well-funded role for the National Disability Advocacy program to provide advocacy services to all young people with disability living, or at risk of entering, aged care facilities c. including specific actions to support young people in aged care facilities, or at risk of entering aged care facilities, who are not eligible to access the NDIS, transition to living independently in the community. 4.15 Freedom of expression and opinion and access to information (CRPD art 21, CO 43–44, LOI 23) 86. People with disability cannot access communication and information systems, including electronic media, on an equal basis with others. The Commission noted several areas of concern in its Information for List of Issues Prior to Reporting,82 which remain current. 87. In 2017, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) submitted a report on a statutory review of captioning rules for TV services under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. The report’s key findings were: a. captioning rules do not apply to multi-channels83 b. the current framework for subscription television is too complex c. that the government conduct a review of the framework, including the criteria for granting captioning exemptions and target reduction orders to television services.84 88. The Audio Description Working Group (ADWG), within the Department of Communications and the Arts, released in its final report in May 2018. 85 The ADWG identified three options for the delivery of audio description and discussed ways to introduce an ongoing audio description service. 89. During the Disability Discrimination Commissioner’s national consultations in 2016–17, many participants highlighted the importance of providing information and communicating in Easy Read and plain English formats. Participants expressed concern with the lack of information about changes to laws and policies provided in Easy Read formats. Even in the context of disability-specific policies, such as the NDIS, the Commission has been told that information is not always accessible. 26