A/HRC/47/8 147. 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. 4 CRPD/C/AUS/CO/2-3. 27