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.

This report shows slower than expected numbers of people from Commonwealth mental health programs have successfully transitioned to the NDIS. This has heightened concerns that the Commonwealth allocation to Continuity of Support funding will not be adequate to support the number of people currently in these programs who will not be able to access the...