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NDIS Supports Rules
QAI made a submission to the Department of Social Service's consultation on the NDIS Supports Rules. The transitional NDIS Support rules have reduced flexibility and choice and control for participants. They have made some people with disability fearful to purchase...
Assistance Animal National Principles
QAI made a submission to the Department of Social Services regarding proposed Assistance Animal National Principles. There is great confusion within the Australian community as to what constitutes an assistance animal and what the rights are of people with disability...
Restrictive Practices Procedure Review
QAI made a submission to the Queensland Department of Education's Restrictive Practices Procedure Review. Read our submission here: Submission - PDF Submission - Word
Education (General Provisions) Amendment Bill 2025
QAI made a submission to the Education, Arts and Communities Committee on the Education (General Provisions) Amendment Bill 2025. QAI supports the amendment enabling principals to delegate the function of telling students about suspension decisions to another...
Review of the Charter of Victims’ Rights
QAI provided feedback on the Office of the Victims' Commissioner's review of the Charter of Victim's Rights. As an organisation dedicated to advocating for individuals with disability, we believe this review represents a crucial opportunity to strengthen the...
Voices for change! *Online* April 14
Date: Monday 14 April 2025Time: 10:00am - 11:00pmLocation: Online via Zoom Event Details Our next Voices for Change event is all about people with disability finding and using their own voice for change! We are excited to announce we will have 3 of our members with...
Voices for change! April 11
Date: Friday 11 April 2025Time: 11:30am - 1:00pmLocation: Gambaro Room at Common Ground, 15 Hope St, South Brisbane (Meanjin) Event Details Our next Voices for Change event is all about people with disability finding and using their own voice for change! We are...
Hate won’t wait – don’t delay anti-discrimination reforms
Media Release For immediate release 25/03/2025 This morning a group of disability advocacy organisations called on Queensland’s LNP Government to scrap their plan to delay implementation of long-awaited reforms to our Anti-Discrimination Act. This comes after...
QAI’s recommendations for law reform
QAI wrote a submission to the Queensland Law Reform Commission (QLRC) in response to their call for recommended topics that require law reform in Queensland. QAI recommended the following topics: 1. Section 216 of Queensland’s Criminal Code2. Legislative framework for...
Adult Crime, Adult Time
QAI wrote to the Expert Legal Panel regarding the proposal to include additional offences under Queensland's Adult Crime, Adult Time legislation. QAI urged the panel not to include additional offences under the legislation. The legislation goes against best practice,...
Disability and Natural Disasters
With Cyclone Alfred approaching the coast of Queensland, we wanted to gather some resources that cover the rights of people with disability during natural disasters, and can help with being prepared for when a disaster hits. Natural Disasters, disability and the law...
Rethinking Suspensions: Inclusion for disabled students
Date: Thursday 20 February 2025Time: 6pm - 7pmLocation: Online via Zoom Event Details In November 2023, the A Right to Learn campaign commissioned research on the economic impacts of disproportionate school disciplinary absences on students with disabilities. It found...
100-day Review of Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Infrastructure
QAI made a submission to the 100-day Review of Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Infrastructure. Read our letter here: Letter - PDF Letter - Word
Voices for change! December 2024
Date: Thursday 12 December 2024Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pmLocation: Gambaro Room at Common Ground, 15 Hope St, South Brisbane (Meanjin) OR online (those who select an "attend online" ticket will be emailed the Zoom link on the morning of the event) Event Details Join us for...
Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024
QAI unequivocally rejects the Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024. This Bill will disproportionately and negatively impact children and young people with disability who are already significantly overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The changes proposed by...
Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system
In September 2024, the Federal Senate agreed to establish a National inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system. The inquiry has been referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee. QAI made a submission to the inquiry,...
NDIS Supports list
QAI and QIDAN (the Queensland Independent Disability Advocacy Network) made a joint submission to the Department of Social Servicest regarding the draft list of NDIS Supports. The list of items participants cannot use their funding for is overly prescriptive, will...
Indefinite detention and solitary confinement: the awful reality of Queensland’s Forensic Disability Service
Position statement Queensland’s Forensic Disability Service (FDS) is meant to provide skills training and other programs to people under forensic orders so that they can live back in the community. However, some residents are held indefinitely and are kept in cruel...
Government response to Disability Royal Commission
On Wednesday 31st July 2024, ten months after the publication of the Disability Royal Commission's final report, the Federal and State Governments issued their response to the Disability Royal Commission's 222 recommendations. QAI's CEO, Matilda Alexander, attended a...
Economic costs of suspending students with disability from school
As part of our role leading the A Right to Learn campaign, QAI commissioned an analysis of the economic impacts of suspending students with disability from school. Our key findings were: In 2023, Queensland disabled students were denied over 107,000 days of education...
UQ Report on People with Disability in Justice System
You may have seen The Guardian article "Queensland failed to act on report into ‘devastating’ experiences of people with disability in justice system". We have received a copy of the report "Insights from people with lived experience of disability in the justice...
Easy English for financial administration orders
These fact sheets are Easy English. They are for you if a person makes money choices for you you want to change who it is you want to make your own money choices Click or tap the links below to open the fact sheets. What is QCAT? - PDF What is QCAT? - Word A...
Getting the NDIS Back on Track Bill (second submission)
QAI made a second submission on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No 1) Bill 2024 when it returned to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee in July 2024. The Committee was asked to review several amendments...
Disability Services (Restrictive Practices) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
QAI made a submission to the Community Support and Services Committee regarding the Disability Services (RestrictivePractices) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024. Restrictive practices have substantial impacts on the rights, freedoms and wellbeing of the people...
Human Rights Act review
QAI made a submission to Professor Susan Rimmer in June 2024 regarding the independent review of the Queensland Human Rights Act. You can read the submission linked below. Submission - PDF (429 KB) Submission - Word (409 KB)
Respect at Work Bill 2024
QAI made a submission to the Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee on 26 June 2024 regarding the Respect At Work and Other Matters Amendment Bill 2024 (Stage 1 of Building Belonging Reforms). You can read the submission linked below. Submission - PDF (637 KB)...
Open letter on anti-discrimination laws
We have joined with Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN) to write an open letter to the Queensland Premier, Stephen Miles. The letter urges the Queensland Government to introduce changes to the outdated Anti-Discrimination Act before the election later this...
Supported accommodation inquiry recommendations
QAI and Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN) have produced a user-friendly summary report of the Community Support and Services Committee's Report No 44, 57th Parliament. This report followed the inquiry into the provision and regulation of supported...
Public Trustee fee reform
QAI made a submission to the Public Trustee of Queensland in May 2024 regarding the proposed reform of the fees and charges for their key services. You can read the submission linked below. Submission - PDF (299 KB) Submission - Word (351 KB)
Getting the NDIS Back on Track Bill
QAI made a submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee regarding the proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No 1) Bill 2024. QAI's submission made the following key recommendations: 1. The Federal...