Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 25 July 2019 Access to habilitation and rehabilitation Recommendation 54: The Australian Government work with State and Territory governments to review laws and policies that govern the provision of habilitation and rehabilitation services by health services to ensure they align with the CRPD and promote a personcentred, rights-based and participatory approach that is gender- and age-sensitive. Right to work Recommendation 55: The Australian Government provide a timeframe for finalising and implementing the National Disability Employment Framework. Recommendation 56: The Australian Government undertake a comprehensive review of Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) against the requirements of Article 27 of the CRPD and provide services to transition people with disability into open forms of employment. Recommendation 57: The Australian Government provide detail on the nature of reforms to Disability Employment Services which seek to address underlying structural barriers experienced by women with disability, and work with women with disability and their representative organisations, to develop and implement these reforms. Recommendation 58: The Australian Government continue to implement the Willing to Work report recommendations, including expanding the role of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to extending its current functions to Australians with disability. Recommendation 59: The Australian Government commission an independent evaluation of the Australian Public Service Disability Employment Strategy (2016–2019). Adequate standard of living Recommendation 60: The Australian Government work with State and Territory governments to ensure people with disability are included as a priority cohort in the implementation of the National Affordable Housing Agreement and the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness. 48