Taking action

Everyone can help get the outcomes we want for a more inclusive Australia. Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 is an important plan to guide and drive action.

What governments are doing 

The governments at the national, state, territory and local levels all have an important role. They create and provide plans, programs and services to support people with disability. 

Learn more about the roles and responsibilities of governments

The Strategy helps to focus government action on the areas that people with disability said need to improve. Governments have agreed to work together and do this. 

Applying the Strategy

Governments at all levels are applying the Strategy to their policies, programs and services. They are doing this through plans and actions.

Find out more about these plans and actions in key actions under the Strategy

Engaging

Governments are working with:

  • groups that support people with disability
  • organisations that speak on behalf of people with disability
  • special committees focused on disability issues.

These groups give advice and help guide the government decisions and actions. 

The upcoming Community Engagement Plan

In 2025, we will write a Community Engagement Plan. This is a new plan to support the Strategy. It will give more chances for the disability community to have a say about the Strategy.

Working to improve data

Governments are working together to improve data. When we have good data and information, we can get better reports on how the Strategy outcomes are going. 

Read the:

full version of the Data Improvement Plan 2024

Access the Data Improvement Plan

a summary in summary of the Data Improvement Plan 2024

Access the Summary

Both have a summary in Easy Read, Auslan, community and First Nations languages.

Find out more about the Strategy reports in reporting progress.

You can also read about other government work on disability data and research

Tools to help you apply the Strategy

We have supporting documents to help governments, businesses, services providers and communities get the outcomes we want. 

A guide to applying the Strategy

We have a guide to help anyone apply the Strategy. It talks about how to make policies, programs, services, workplaces and communities work better for everyone. 

A guide to engaging with people with disability

We have a practical tool to engage with people with disability. It’s for anyone developing:

  • processes
  • products
  • services
  • policies. 

The plan to track progress

The Strategy has a supporting document called the Outcomes Framework. It talks about what we need to track to know if things are improving for people with disability. It helps to focus actions on where we need to do better.

The Outcomes Framework has information about the specific things we are tracking. These are called measures.

Read the Outcomes Framework

There is a summary in Easy Read.

Reports on progress

We publish many reports about how the Strategy outcomes are tracking. Find out more about these reports in reporting progress.

What you can do to get involved

We must all work together to get the outcomes in the Strategy.

This includes:

  • people with disability
  • governments
  • the community
  • businesses
  • organisations
  • services.

If we all work together, we can make our community:

  • accessible
  • inclusive.

The Strategy lasts for 10 years, from 2021 to 2031. During this time, everyone can get involved.

You can have your say at our public forums and consultations. You can tell people about the Strategy. You can make sure your policies, programs or services will get the outcomes we want. 

Find out more in contacts and getting involved

Easy Read, Auslan and languages

We have summaries of some Strategy documents and reports in other formats. Access what’s available in: 

Easy Read

Auslan

community languages

First Nations languages

Learn more about

About the Strategy

Reporting progress

Contacts and getting involved