Defend Local Business

Below is the full response from Defend Local Business.

 

Advocacy  

Do you commit to significantly increasing state government investment in independent individual, systemic, and representative advocacy in South Australia?

 Yes.

 

Transport  

Do you commit to investing in the transition of South Australia’s taxi fleet to fully accessible vehicles by 2032?  

 

YES and Defend Local Business is also committed to reviewing the SA Taxi Industry, seeking a fair and balanced approach, supporting operators and people employed by the industry.    

 

Housing  

Do you commit to making the accessibility standards in the National Construction Code 2022 mandatory in South Australia?  

 

Yes.

 

Health  

Do you commit to funding meaningful measures to address the widespread barriers to safe access and inclusion across all South Australia’s hospitals and health services so that people living with disability can access these essential services on an equal basis to all other members of the community?  

 

Yes.  

 

Education  

Do you commit to Inclusive Education in South Australia including through signing an Inclusive Education Policy Statement, developing an Inclusive Education Strategy, funding the implementation of Inclusive Education initiatives in schools, and not establishing any new special schools or units?  

 

Yes.

 

Justice  

Do you commit to implementing all recommendations in the South Australian Law Reform Institute's report Providing a Voice to the Vulnerable: A Study of Communication Assistance in South Australia?

 

Yes. 

 

DAIP implementation  

Do you commit to funding grants for the implementation of actions under Disability Access and Inclusion Plans (DAIPs) for both state agencies and local councils in South Australia?  

 

YES and including an independent review process.

 

 

Regards

Colin Shearing MBA; VGC; Dip VET, TDD & Ret

Independent Candidate for the Legislative Council