The ACT Disability Directed Advocacy Caucus is pleased to make a submission to the community consultation process for the 2025/26 ACT Budget.
The ACT Disability Directed Advocacy Caucus is made up of Women with Disabilities ACT, Advocacy for Inclusion and ACT Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability. We advocate together representing Canberrans with disabilities.
In our submission we have identified five key priorities for consideration and targeted investment.
These are:
- Rescue package for ACT disability advocacy
- Funding people with disability to engage in foundational support reforms
- Funding for reform policy capacity in the ACT Government
- Meeting critical unmet needs
- Delivering government election commitments
We have two main urgent priority funding asks to address the disability advocacy funding crisis and enable people with disability to engage with government reforms, support the foundational supports implementation and stocktake, audit and surface capacity to deliver tier one foundational supports.
We also seek better government delivery capability and funding to deliver government election promises and address key priorities and support gaps.
You can read our full submission below.