The Disability Royal Commission and NDIS Review handed down their final recommendations in 2023. These historic recommendations, 248 in total, have the potential for enormous change for people with disability across many areas of their lives. However, in order to realise this potential, priorities need to be agreed on and reform activities need to begin. The Priorities Project was about ensuring the work put in by people with disability, independent disability advocates, subject matter experts, families and allies across both reforms is honoured by creating a pathway towards reform.

The Priorities Project team at the Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) worked together with the independent disability advocacy sector to understand advocacy priorities from the Disability Royal Commission and NDIS Review. Practical, short-term solutions were proposed to the Federal Government to implement to ensure that change happens and that people with disability are the leaders and drivers of disability reform.

DANA has identified key priorities and actions for change in the next 1-2 years. These actions are addressed as a list of recommendations published in this report.

The recommendations include actions that will help the Federal Government understand what people with disability need, trials and pilot sites of currently missing or underfunded supports and services, and recommendations that make sure people with disability are centred as the experts in disability supports and in making change.