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

Considerations

16. 
    In analysing Australia’s implementation of the CRPD, the Project Group took note of:
    
    1. 
       the lived experience of people with disability in Australia;
       
    2. 
       the implementation of new policies;
       
    3. 
       legislation translating political will into a legal framework;
       
    4. 
       program development translating both policies and legislation into practical change;
       
    5. 
       financial resource allocation;
       
    6. 
       the training of government personnel in CRPD rights;
       
    7. 
       the incorporation of persons with all types of disability from all socio-economic, religious and cultural backgrounds in all policy and legislative development; and
       
    8. 
       the inclusion of a gender analysis in the legislative, administrative and policy framework.
       

Process

17. 
    From November to December 2009, community consultations were undertaken in the form of a listening tour. Project Group representatives travelled to capital cities in Australia and consulted with people with disability and their representative and advocacy organisations to discuss the CRPD and the lived experience of people with disability. Consultations were held in Sydney (10 November 2009), Melbourne (16 November 2009), Canberra (20 November 2009), Adelaide (25 November 2009), Perth (30 November 2009), Darwin (7 December 2009), Tasmania (3 December 2009) and Brisbane (12 December 2009).
    
18. 
    In December 2009 a website was created to provide information on the CRPD Civil Society Report for both the disability sector and the general public, with the further intention being that it would encourage submissions, of which over 200 responses were made. The website was regularly updated throughout the project.¹³
    
19. 
    During 2010 the project group invited disability representative, advocacy, and legal organizations to provide information about the lived experience of their members, clients and constituents with disability.
    
20. 
    In April 2010, Project Group representatives met with First Peoples Disability Network (Australia) to discuss the CRPD and the lived experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disability.