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Public hearings
The Disability Royal Commission hold public hearings, which are formal proceedings where witnesses give evidence, under oath or affirmation, about the events, circumstances, and experiences of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability.
All public hearings are streamed live on the Disability Royal Commission website. All previously held public hearings have been recorded and are available by clicking here.
Upcoming Public Hearings
Justice
The next public hearing is scheduled to commence on 16 February 2021 and will run for 8 days to 25 February, and will examine the experiences of people with disability who come into contact with the justice system.
Health Care Professionals – Education and Training
On 2 March 2021, there will be an additional one day of hearings, following along from the December 2020 hearing, to further examine the education and training of health care professionals to examine ways to improve the experience of people with disability in contact with health care professionals.
Get more information
- About public hearings held or about to be held
- Public hearings scheduled
- Brochure: Public hearings a guide for witnesses (in easy read, multiple languages, and for First Nations people)
- What it means to be a witness
Publications
The Disability Royal Commission publish a range of material to keep people informed of their activities, and to also seek feedback from people with disability and others on important topics.
Issues papers
Research is an important part of the Disability Royal Commission’s activities, including publishing issues papers to get feedback from people to learn about all aspects of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation experienced by people with disability.
The Disability Royal Commission encourages responses from individuals and organisations. Responses to issues papers can be made in any language and provided by email, in writing, by phone, by audio or video recordings.
Connect Newsletter
To help you stay up-to-date with the work and activities of the Disability Royal Commission, they publish a fortnightly eNewsletter called Connect.
You can see all Connect newsletters here, and subscribe to receive them via email here.
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