South Australian State Election Disability Forum

JFA Purple Orange is a purpose-led organisation working towards a more inclusive world where people with disability have access to the same opportunities as everyone else.  

In the lead up to South Australia’s state election in 2026, we are calling on all political parties to make a commitment to improving the lives of people with disability, giving them the greatest opportunity to choose how they live their lives as active, valued and equal members of society.  

We hosted a State Election Disability Forum on the 10 February at 1pm to 3pm at UCity (43 Franklin Street, Adelaide). You can read the event summary which includes a wrap-up of what each political representative said about each of our asks, audience questions, and JFA Purple Orange reflections.

At the forum we had a panel of political candidates, and asked them to explain their priorities for making South Australia more accessible and inclusive, their commitment to people with disability, and why the disability community should choose them in March 2026. This information can help you to decide how you want to vote in the election.

Key Election Asks

1. There is a critical need to invest in independent disability advocacy services. Do you commit to making (or advocating for) a State Government investment in independent individual, systemic, and representative disability advocacy in South Australia with priority given to rolling out independent individual advocacy services immediately?   
2. Accessible housing is needed to support ending the housing crisis. Do you commit to implementing the National Construction Code 2022  Livable Housing Design Standard in full, ending all unnecessary blanket exemptions in April 2026, and implementing an Accessible Housing Overlay alongside the Affordable Housing Overlay?   
3. Every child will thrive in an inclusive education system. Do you commit to inclusive education in South Australia, including through co-designing an Inclusive Education Strategy, investing in inclusive education initiatives, rolling out disability inclusion training, and not establishing any new “special” schools or units?  
4. Urgent action is needed to implement the Disability Royal Commission recommendations. Do you commit to delivering a co-designed, funded, and timebound State Implementation Plan for the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations as a high priority action within the first year of the next term of parliament?   
5. A response plan to the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence should be co-designed with priority groups. Do you commit to delivering a co-designed, funded, and timebound Implementation Plan for the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence, including working with priority population groups to ensure their needs are met?