The Committee notes that the:

(a) employment rate of people with disability in the ACT Public Service is 2.2 percent as at June 2016;

(b) Australian Human Rights Commission report, Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians with Disability found the ACT to be the only jurisdiction with an increase in the employment of people with disability over the 2013-15 period; and

(c) ACT Government’s new Office for Disability and Disability Reference Group has been established to provide strategic policy advice on disability issues.

As such, the Committee undertakes to inquire into and report on the employment of people with disabilities, with particular reference to:

• the implementation of the ACT Public Service Disability Employment Strategy;
• the effectiveness of current attraction and retention programs in the ACT Public Service;
• the effectiveness of current attraction and retention programs for ACT based private enterprise and community organisations;
• data collection, monitoring and reporting mechanisms;
• relevant experiences and learnings from Australian State, Commonwealth and international jurisdictions;
• the applicability to the ACT Public Service, of recommendations and findings from the report Employing people with disability in the APS published by the University of Canberra;
• gender related matters that intersect with the employment of people with disabilities;
• any other relevant matter.

The Committee will report back to the Legislative Assembly before the last sitting day of 2017.

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This inquiry has been completed and submissions will not be received. If you require additional information please contact the Committee Secretary, Kate Harkins on (02) 6207 0524 or at kate.harkins@parliament.act.gov.au.

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Submission 19 Shannon Read	PDF (87.2 KB)
Submission 18 National Disability Services	PDF (477.3 KB)
Submission 17 ACTCOSS	PDF (541.1 KB)
Submission 16 ACT Mental Health Consumer Network	PDF (474.9 KB)
Submission 15 People with Disabilitie	PDF (568.4 KB)
Submission 14 Australian Network on Disability	PDF (130.5 KB)
Submission 13 RSI and Overuse Injury Association of the ACT	PDF (97.8 KB)
Submission 12 Kerry Snell	PDF (46.7 KB)
Submission 11 ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service (ADACAS)	PDF (723.4 KB)
Submission 10 Speaking Out for Autism Spectrum Disorders (SOfASD)	PDF (302.8 KB)
Submission 09 Volunteering and Contact ACT	PDF (292.5 KB)
Submission 08 Canberra Community Law	PDF (361.7 KB)
Submission 07 Justin Le Couteur	PDF (128.9 KB)
Submission 07a Justin Le Couteur - Addendum	PDF (74.0 KB)
Submission 06 Enabled Employment	PDF (1.0 MB)
Submission 05 JACS	PDF (122.8 KB)
Submission 05b JACS Attachment B	PDF (476.1 KB)
Submission 05a JACS Attachment A	PDF (1.4 MB)
Submission 04 Lauren Brand	PDF (263.1 KB)
Submission 03 ACT Government	PDF (795.7 KB)
Submission 02 Penny Leemhuis	PDF (94.8 KB)
Submission 01 Rohan Goyne	PDF (68.1 KB)

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