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147. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect
the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not
be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.
III. Voluntary pledges and commitments
148. The Government of Australia commits to a new national disability strategy for 2021–
2030 that enables people with disabilities to fulfil their potential as equal members of the
community.
149. The strategy will continue to be the primary mechanism through which Australia
implements its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
150. The strategy will be informed by the 2019 concluding observations issued by the
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,4 as well as extensive consultation with
persons with disabilities, their families, carers, advocacy organizations, peak bodies and
service providers.
151. The Government has an ongoing commitment to support older Australians in living
in their own homes, reduce waiting times for home care packages and connect older
Australians to essential care sooner.
152. The Government commits to enabling access to home-based aged care services. A
total of 99 per cent of people who have applied for a Home Care Package have been offered
care in their home. This commitment has included the release of almost 50,000 packages, at
a cost of $A 3.3 billion, funded since the interim report of the Royal Commission Into Aged
Care Quality and Safety interim report was handed down on 31 October 2019.
153. The Government commits to developing a new national plan to continue efforts in
reducing violence against women and children beyond 2022.
154. The new plan will build on learning from the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan
to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022, and from listening and
responding to the diverse lived experience and knowledge of women and children affected
by violence.
155. The Government commits to working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Australians on decisions that affect them.
156. The Government commits to embedding this partnership approach through the joint
design of options and models for an indigenous voice and sharing decision-making on closing
the gap through a partnership agreement with the coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander community-controlled peak organizations.
157. The Government commits to continue to work towards a referendum to recognize
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the Constitution.
158. The Government commits to a referendum to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islanders in the Constitution and will support a referendum when it has the best chance of
succeeding.
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