Acknowledgements endorsements Background methodology executive Summary 11 Recommendations 22 Article — general obligations 38

Acknowledgements

The CRPD Civil Society Report Project Group would like to thank the following individuals and organisations for their contributions and support:

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  All the participants in the consultations held in each State and Territory and the partner organisations in each city that helped promote and support the consultations. The consultations were attended by more than 100 people, comprising individuals and representatives from Disabled Persons Organisations and disability advocacy and legal organisations.
  
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  The representatives from rural and remote communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities who were consulted to capture issues specific to their communities for the report.
  
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  All the individuals and organisations who took the time to participate in our online survey and workbook. Over 193 individual submissions were made via the website survey. In addition, 5 submissions were made by organisations that downloaded and completed the workbook. The website also invited representatives from civil society to provide further copies of any relevant material. The authors of this report were fortunate to have received dozens of submissions in the form of information packs, reports, case studies and other documents prepared by DPOs, disability advocacy organisations and civil society groups.
  
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  All the organisations who shared their knowledge and expertise with us
  

The participants on the CRPD Civil Society Report Project Group and their organisations made substantial contributions to the resourcing, drafting and editing of the Report:

Therese Sands, Executive Director, People With Disability Australia

Joanna Shulman, CEO, Redfern Legal Centre

Lesley Hall, CEO, and David Webb, National Projects Officer, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

Rosemary Kayess, Director, Human Rights and Disability Project, Australian Human Rights Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW

Kevin Cocks and Ken Wade of Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

Andrea Simmons, CEO, and David Craig, Director, Disability Advocacy Network Australia

Fiona Given, Policy Officer, Australian Centre for Disability Law¹

Damian Griffis, Executive Officer, First Peoples Disability Network of Australia

The Project Group is grateful for the assistance provided by DLA Piper, Jay Williams, Laura Costello and Shannon Torrens at Redfern Legal Centre and David Craig, former Director, Disability Advocacy Network Australia.

The CRPD Civil Society Report Project Group is particularly grateful to the significant contributions and pro bono support provided by staff at DLA Piper throughout this project: Nicolas Patrick, Amelia Dixon Weidner, Ben Schokman, Alison Ewart, Emily Christie, Marcus Bagnall, Alexandra Parker, Prabha Nandagopal, Jaimie Wolbers.

Australian Government Funding

The Project Group gratefully acknowledges the support provided by the Australian Government’s Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) in the development of this report.

The Commonwealth, represented by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any material contained in this report. Additionally, the Commonwealth disclaims all liability to any person in respect of anything, and of the consequences of anything, done or omitted to be done by any such person in reliance, whether wholly or partially, upon any information presented in this report.

Endorsements

The following organisations have endorsed this report in whole or in part:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Legal and Advocacy Service

Aboriginal Disability Network NSW

ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service (ADACAS)

Action for More Independence & Dignity in Accommodation (AMIDA)

Advocacy for Inclusion

Advocacy Law Alliance

Advocacy Tasmania

AMPARO Advocacy Inc

Armadale Domestic Violence Intervention Project

Australian Centre for Disability Law

Australian Disability and Development Consortium

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights

Australian Network for Universal Housing Design

Australians for Disability and Diversity Employment (ADDE)

Brain Injury Association of NSW

Bunbury Community Legal Centre

Cairns Community Legal Centre

Centre for Rural Regional Law and Justice

Children with Disability Australia

Communication Rights Australia

Community Safeguards Coalition

Darwin Community Legal Service

Disability Advocacy Complaint Service SA

Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA)

Disability Advocacy NSW

Disability Advocacy Victoria Inc

Disability Discrimination Legal Service

Disability Resources Centre

Epilepsy Australia

Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre

Family Advocacy

First Peoples Disability Network (Australia)

Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre

Gippsland Community Legal Service

Graduate Women Victoria

Human Rights Law Centre

Hunter Community Legal Centre

Independent Advocacy Townsville

Intellectual Disability Rights Service

Ipswich Regional Advocacy Service Inc

Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association NSW

National Association of Community Legal Centres

National Council on Intellectual Disability

National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum

NSW Consumer Advisory Group - Mental Health

People with Disability Australia

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Queensland Action for Universal Housing Design

Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

Queensland Association of Independent Legal Services (QAILS)

Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House Incorporated (QPILCH)

Queensland Shelter

Redfern Legal Centre

Rehabilitation International (Australia)

Rights in Action

SCALES Community Legal Centre

Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre

Sisters Inside

Speaking Up For You Inc

STAR Victoria

Sunshine Coast Citizen Advocacy Program

The Advocacy and Support Centre  (TASC)

Top End Women’s Legal Service

Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with a Disability (VALID)

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)

Women’s Law Centre Western Australia

Women’s Legal Centre

Women’s Legal Services NSW

Youth Disability Advocacy Service