The Strategy and supporting documents
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 is the Australian Government’s plan to make life better for people with disability. There are other documents that support the Strategy. These supporting documents help implement the Strategy and report on how well things are going.
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 is the plan to make Australia more accessible and inclusive. The Strategy will last for 10 years until 2031.
Read the:
full version of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031. 2024 update: Building a more inclusive Australia
summary in Summary of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031. 2024 update: Building a more inclusive Australia
Both have a summary in Easy Read, Auslan, community and First Nations languages.
The Outcomes Framework
The Outcomes Framework supports the Strategy reporting. It talks about how we will track and report on the 7 outcomes. We want to know how well we’re going with the priorities in each outcome area.
There is a summary in Easy Read and community languages.
Learn more about how we use the framework in reporting progress
The Governance Model
The Governance Model supports how we manage the Strategy. It talks about how we will:
- get advice
- make decisions
- manage governance.
Learn more about Australia’s Disability Advisory Council
The Engagement Plan
The Engagement Plan supports how we implement the Strategy. It talks about how we will:
- connect with people with a disability
- include people with disability in our work on the Strategy.
There is a summary in Easy Read and community languages.
Learn more about how we use the plan to make sure everyone can get involved
The Data Improvement Plan
The Data Improvement Plan supports the Strategy reporting. It talks about improving the data we collect for the Strategy. When we talk about data, we mean:
- facts
- information
- records.
If we have better data, we will have better reporting on how things are going.
Read the:
full version of the Data Improvement Plan 2024
a summary in summary of the Data Improvement Plan 2024
Both have a summary in Easy Read, Auslan and community languages.
Learn more about how we use the plan in reporting progress
The Targeted Action Plans
We use Targeted Action Plans to support the Strategy implementation. The plans talk about what governments will do to help get the outcomes we want. There are many plans. Each plan focuses on one outcome area. They last for 2 or 3 years.
The current plans
These 3 plans are for 2025 to 2027.
Read the:
Inclusive Homes and Communities Targeted Action Plan 2025–2027
Safety, Rights, and Justice Targeted Action Plan 2025–2027
Community Attitudes Targeted Action Plan 2025–2027
Each plan has a summary in community languages
Learn more about how we use Targeted Action Plans in taking action
The previous plans
These 5 plans finished in 2024.
Read the:
Employment Targeted Action Plan 2021–2024
Community attitudes Targeted Action Plan 2021–2024
Early childhood Targeted Action Plan 2021–2024
Safety Targeted Action Plan 2021–2024
Emergency management Targeted Action Plan 2021–2024
The Roadmap
The Roadmap document supports the Strategy implementation. It shows when important Strategy milestones will happen over the 10 years. Milestones are important progress points. They could be:
- reports
- events
- activities.
Read the Roadmap - Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031
Learn more about how the Roadmap helps everyone get involved
Tools to help you apply the Strategy
We have other documents and tools to support the Strategy implementation. We want to support everyone’s work to get the Strategy’s outcomes we want.
We have a Toolkit to support people with disability to be confident to engage in evaluations and ensure evaluations are accessible and inclusive. It has 3 parts:
- Getting involved in evaluation as a person with disability
- For evaluators and evaluation commissioners
- Fact sheets, resources and checklists
Read the Toolkit for engaging with people with disability in evaluation
There is a summary in Easy Read and Auslan.
Guide to applying Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031
The guide has practical information to help everyone. It talks about how to make policies, programs, services, workplaces and communities work better for everyone.
Read the Guide to applying Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031
There is a summary in Auslan.
Learn more about how we use the guide in taking action
Guidelines for engaging with people with disability
These guidelines are a practical tool for governments, businesses, service providers and community organisations. It helps to better engage and involve people with disability when developing:
- processes
- products
- services
- policies.
You can:
Visit the web pages Guidelines for engaging with people with disability
Read the Guidelines for engaging with people with disability
There is a summary in Easy Read and Auslan.
Learn more about how we use the guidelines in taking action
The Strategy review in 2024
In 2024 we did a review of the Strategy. We wanted to make sure it was working. We updated the Strategy and some supporting documents with what we found out.
Learn more about the 2024 review and updates.
Easy Read, Auslan and languages
We have summaries of some Strategy documents and reports in other formats. Access what’s available in: