Since the first DFA was released in Tasmania, there have been significant developments at a national and international level:
- The Australian Government ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, enshrining the rights-based, social model of disability as the approach for all ratifying parties.
- All state and territory governments and the Australian Government agreed to implement the NDS.
- In 2012, Tasmania signed an Intergovernmental Agreement for the NDIS launch.
2005 | Release of Tasmania’s first Disability Framework for Action 2005-2010 |
2006 | United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) |
2008 | Australian Government ratified the CRPD – it acceded to the Optional Protocol in 2009 |
2011 | Implementation of the NDS –a ten-year national plan to improve life outcomes for Australians with disability |
August 2011 | Release of the Productivity Commission Inquiry recommending that the Australian Government fund a NDIS |
7 December 2012 | Intergovernmental Agreement for the NDIS Launch Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory sign bilateral agreements for the NDIS launch |
December 2012 | Release of Accessible Island: Tasmania’s Disability Framework for Action 2013-2017 |
1 July 2013 | Tasmanian NDIS Launch commences for young people aged 15-24 years |
2016-2019 | Progressive rollout of the NDIS in Tasmania. |
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1 January 2017 | Tasmanians aged 25-28 years |
1 July 2017 | Tasmanian children aged 4-11 years |
1 January 2018 | Tasmanians aged 29-34 years |
1 July 2018 | Tasmanians aged 0-3 years and 35-49 years |
1 January 2019 | Tasmanians aged 50-64 years |
January 2018 | Release of Accessible Island: Disability Framework for Action 2018-2021 |
July 2019 | Tasmania's transition to the NDIS will be completed. |
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