NSW Disability Services Act Review

The NSW Government is undertaking a review of the Disability Services Act. It's been 20 years since the Act came into place, and so there is a need for an update.

As part of the process the Goverment would like to hear from;

• people with disability, their families and carers
• service providers
• advocates
• peak disability and representative organisations
• government departments, local government and community agencies.

They are interested in hearing from as many people and groups as possible and welcome all contributions. There are several ways you can contribute, through either a face to face consultation session or written feedback.

Consultation sessions have been arranged for both regional and metropolitan areas. Each session will run for 2.5 hours and include up to 40 participants:

Location	Venue	Date	Time
Bankstown	Bankstown Sports Club	Mon 4 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Gosford	Central Coast Leagues Club	Mon 4 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Baulkham Hills	Crowne Plaza Norwest, Baulkham Hills	Tues 5 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Coffs Harbour	C.ex Coffs	Tues 5 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Orange	Ibis Styles Orange (formerly Country Comfort Orange)	Wed 6 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Albury	Commercial Club, Albury	Thurs 7 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Wagga Wagga	Ibis Styles Pavilion Hotel (formerly All Seasons), Wagga Wagga	Fri 8 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Armidale	Armidale Ex-services Memorial Club	Fri 8 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Moruya	Moruya Golf Club	Mon 11 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Goulburn	Goulburn Soldiers Club	Tues 12 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm
Wollongong	City Diggers	Thurs 14 Feb 2013	10am - 12.30pm

The issues paper, ‘Reforming NSW disability support – the fundamental legislative issues’ (available online mid January 2013) will form the basis of the consultation sessions.

Registration of your details is essential.

You can register to attend a consultation session, by providing your details via:

• Registering online
• Telephone 1300 550 913.

 

Written submission

You are invited to write to express your views on the issues paper and/or the companion discussion paper, ‘Reforming NSW disability support - legislative structure and content’ (available online mid January 2013), which provides a more detailed examination on the structure, content and particular elements that may be included within new disability legislation.

The closing date for all written feedback is 5:00pm Monday 18 February 2013.

Email dsareview@facs.nsw.gov.au

Post 
The Disability Services Act Review Team
Ageing, Disability and Home Care
Department of Family and Community Services
Level 5, 83 Clarence Street
SYDNEY 2000

Publications

• Issues Paper: Reforming NSW disability support – the fundamental legislative issues (available online from mid January 2013)
• Discussion Paper: Reforming NSW disability support - legislative structure and content (available online from mid January 2013)
• New disability laws for NSW - Easy English fact sheet (PDF)

If you need further information about the reform process for development of new disability legislation you can email dsareview@facs.nsw.gov.au or phone 1800 446 470.