This position statement offers recommendations to guide the Australian Government's transition to a new human rights-based needs assessment model. It urges policymakers and stakeholders to embed human rights, co-design and trusted relationships at the centre of this reform. It makes a series of recommendations for implementation.

This position paper highlights the importance of economic justice for people with disability as a right under international and Australian law. It calls for action by the incoming Australian Government across three key areas: income support, employment and housing.

Adequate supports for people with disability are necessary to ensure they enjoy their human rights and to enable them to realise their full potential. Older people with lower levels of needs, or who are ineligible for the NDIS due to their age, are left to navigate a complex support system without assistance.

This report considers the systemic failures of the Disability Support Pension application and review processes and the harm caused to individuals with disability by their interaction with Centrelink. The report is also a submission to the Senate Inquiry on the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension.

It is now thirteen years since the welfare-to-work change to the Disability Support Pension (DSP) was first introduced in 2006. While the DSP remains the main social security payment for working-aged individuals with disability, the evidence base on the impact of policy changes to the DSP since 2006 is lacking. This report attempts to answer...