Office of the Public AdvocateThe Disability Action Plan supports OPA’s commitments to meet its international, national and state-based legislative obligations to promote the human rights of staff, volunteers and clients. These commitments are contained in:
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006 (United Nations)
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Commonwealth)
- Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Victoria)
- Disability Act 2006 (Victoria)
- Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Victoria).
Policy
OPA supports the policy objectives of the Victorian Government’s Absolutely Everyone State Disability Plan 2017-2020, underpinned by its four pillars of priorities and actions relating to:
- inclusive communities
- health, housing and wellbeing
- fairness and safety
- contributing lives.
Furthermore, we support the Victorian Government’s Every Opportunity: Victorian economic participation plan for people with disability 2018–2020 and Getting to work: Victorian public sector disability employment action plan 2018–2025.
