The Disability Advisory Council (DAC) is a ministerial council established by the Disability Inclusion Act 2024 (the Act).
The Act commits the ACT Government to implementing a framework to drive disability inclusion outcomes across the ACT Community and ACT public service.
The DAC will provide advice to the Minister about issues affecting people with disability. The DAC will also work to foster cooperative relationships between people with disability, their families, their carers, relevant organisations, government, and the community. Members of the DAC will draw on their own experience and their engagement with people with disability to provide that advice.
The Office for Disability are seeking applications from people in the ACT disability community to join the DAC through an Expression of Interest (EOI) process. Following a merit-based selection process, the ACT Minister of Disability will appoint successful applicants to the DAC.
WWDACT events
You can find out more about the DAC at upcoming WWDACT Our Autonomy Events. To find out about each event, follow the links to our Eventbrite.
15 May: Workshop on Disability Advocacy in Action (in-person, Ainslie Arts Centre)
17 May: Workshop on Disability Advocacy in Action (online over Zoom)
21 May: Peer event – Pre-movie canapes (in-person, National Film and Sound Archive)
How to apply
You can apply here through the ACT Diversity Register
More information
If you’d like to learn more, please read the documents below. They include Terms of Reference and an Expression of Interest, as well as Easy Read Translations.