Community and Disability Services Ministers’ Conference
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by DPS
The Community and Disability Services Ministers met in Melbourne in mid December to progress key national reforms in community services, child protection and services for people with disability and their carers.
Issues discussed included:
- national standards for out of home care
- improving support for carers
- national welfare reforms
- remote area rotation initiative
- social and community sector equal remuneration case
- National Community Services Workforce Profile Project
- National Disability Agreement Review
- Population Benchmarks under the National Disability Agreement
- younger people in residential aged care
- employment for people with disability
- autism services
- Productivity Commission inquiry into long term care and support for people with disability
- protection of vulnerable people with disability.
