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Below is the full response we received from the Labor Party.

Thank you for your email presenting the election platform for Purple Orange.

The Albanese Labor Government is committed to creating a more inclusive community where all people with disability can participate as equal members of society.

Labor has been working to improve the lives of people with a disability.

We have:

• Invested $124 million to deliver on the priorities of Australia’s Disability Strategy;
• Acted to boost workforce participation for people with a disability;
• Doubled funding for the systemic advocacy program;
• Updated the National Construction Code with a liveability standard to increase the stock of homes with accessibility features;
• Established the National Disability Data Asset and National Disability Research Partnership; and
• Launched the first ever National Autism Strategy.

Labor will continue to focus on improving disability employment outcomes and participants experiences. We launched a new DES Quality framework, and recently announced that Swinburne University of Technology will lead a consortium to deliver The Centre of Inclusive Employment, which will support a better approach to disability employment. And, later this year, we will be introducing Inclusive Employment Australia, a new specialist disability employment program built on mutual respect and trust, with $5.5 billion in funding over four years.

To support our goals of improving employment outcomes, we have doubled funding for workplace accessibility and to support employees in the workplace.

We have also invested $52 million to assist the supported employment sector continue to evolve and offer a wider range of employment opportunities.

Labor is putting disability inclusion at the forefront across government – whether this in our tourism plans, across the creative arts sector, aviation industry or in emergency management.

We are continually engaging with people with lived experience of disability, to ensure our many investments are hitting the mark.

Thank you for your representations on behalf of people with a disability and their families.
 
Yours sincerely
Australian Labor Party Campaign 2025