Submissions
2024
August - Media release with DPO Victoria in response to Government's response to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability.
September - State of the Disability Advocacy Sector
October - DAV submission to Better & Fairer Schools (Funding & Reform) Bill 2024
2023
October - DAV submission to Inquiry into the State Education System in Victoria
2022
October - DAV submission to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability.
2020
March - DAV submission to Mr James Merlino MP, Minister for Education, regarding IQ testing for school students with a disability.
April - DAV to Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressing confidentiality and the Disability Royal Commission.
2019
April - DAV submission to Mr Luke Donnellan MP, Minister for Child Protection, Disability, Ageing and Carers, regarding the capacity of advocacy agencies to meet the needs of Victorians with disabilities.
May - DAV submission to Mr James Merlino MP, Minister for Education, regarding concerning the treatment of children with disabilities in Victorian schools.
July - DAV submission to Mr Stuart Robert MP, Minister for National Disability Insurance Scheme, Minister for Government Services, Senator Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services and Mrs Michelle Landry MP, Assistant Minister for Children and Families, regarding the state of disability advocacy services in Victoria. These letters were prompted by a survey taken by DAV of Victorian state and federal disability advocacy agencies. To read more about the survey please visit our industry news page.
November - Improving the NDIS Experience: A joint submission by RIAC, Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service, Leadership Plus and Disability Discrimination Legal Service.
DAV Inc. is pleased to endorse 'Improving the NDIS Experience: Establishing a Participant Service Guarantee' submission to the review of the NDIS Act. and the new NDIS Participant Service Guarantee. This joint submission by DAV Inc. board organisations RIAC, Villamanta, DDLS and Leadership Plus posits that the NDIA should be consistently adhering to the principles identified in the proposed service standards (Timely, Engaged, Expert, Connected, Valued and Decisions are made on merit, Accessible). It is critical that these standards are implemented during the planning experience for participants. If the service in this key area improves, it can prevent the increasing amount of review requests and complaints relating to this process. Additionally, Quality plans can prevent the need for as many reviews and will save the sector time, money and resources.
If you would like to read the submission in full you can find it here.
2018
June - DAV submission to Mr Martin Foley MP - Senior Practitioner's Report 2016 - 17.
2017
2016
January - AMIDA Feedback to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
March - Women with Disabilities Victoria Gender and Equality Consultation
June - Review of the National Disability Advocacy Program - VCOSS and DAV Submission
July - DAV response to Productivity Commission Issue Paper
August - Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry into Ride Sourcing - Joint Submission
August - Consultation Paper - Family Violence Information Sharing Legislation Consultation Questions - submissions are due by 29 August 2016.
August - Consultation Pater - Reforming Victoria's Privacy Legislation - submissions are due by 29 August 2016.
2015
April - DAV response to the Proposal for a National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguard Framework
June - DAV response to the Inquiry into Violence, Abuse and Neglect against People with Disabilities in Institutional and Residential Settings
June - DAV response to the Victorian Human Rights and Responsibilities Charter