This proposal has nine components which will take effect from 1 July 2019.
Component 1: Remove staffing caps on the National Disability Insurance Agency for the delivery of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Component 2: Provide $400 million over four years to fast track the process of making public transport more accessible.
Component 3: Provide $1,005 million over four years to establish a new Accessible Infrastructure Fund ($1 billion over four years) and a new Accessible Nature Fund ($5 million over four years)available to state and local governments to retrofit existing public places and infrastructure to accessibility standards, and increase access to nature and tourism activities for people with disabilities.
Component 4: Provide funding and regulatory requirements for advance captioning and audio description ($25 million), relay and translation services (return funding levels to $32 million per year), and access to Auslan ($1 million per year).
Component 5: Provide $1.49 million over two years, followed by ongoing annual funding of$2 million indexed by the consumer price index, to establish a National Disability Telecommunications Service, a national resource for communications product and services information, training, and support.
Component 6: Provide funding for inclusive education training and upskilling for principals,teachers and university lecturers with the following elements.
- Element 1: provide funding for a one-semester unit covering inclusive education in all tertiary teacher training.
- Element 2: provide $400 million over four years to train existing primary teachers, secondary teachers and principals.
Component 7: Set a 15 per cent target for full employment representation of employees with a disability in the Australian Public Service by 2030, to ensure Australia meets its international human rights obligations.
Component 8: Increase Commonwealth funding for disability advocacy bodies by $15 million over four years.
Component 9: Establish a safe, dedicated online platform for the promotion of discussion, debate,and cultural development within the disability community.