Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Australia is currently in the midst of an unprecedented emergency with the COVID-19 pandemic, following the summer bushfire crisis. People with disability can be severely affected by emergencies and may be at a higher risk of experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation at these times. The purpose of this Issues Paper is to invite information from the public on emergency planning and response.
The issues paper asks 11 questions to help people and organisations to provide responses. The paper is available in Easy Read, PDF and DOCX.
How to respond:
The Royal Commission encourages responses from individuals and organisations to the issues paper by 17 July 2020, although submissions will also be accepted after that date.
Responses to the issues paper can be provided, either:
- Electronically to: DRCEnquiries@royalcommission.gov.au
- In writing to: GPO Box 1422, Brisbane, Queensland 4001
- By phone on 1800 517 199 or +61 7 3734 1900 – the Royal Commission can make a time with you to take your response over the phone (between 9:00am to 6:00pm AEDT Monday to Friday) by audio or video recording.
Responses can be in any language. The Royal Commission will translate the response to English.
Please indicate if you consent to your responses being made public on the Royal Commission website below:
