2025 Federal Election
In the lead up to the 2025 Federal Election, JFA Purple Orange is 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 have put together a series of election papers based on some of the key issues affecting people with disability (see links to papers below). Each paper asks political parties to commit to implementing important changes that will greatly impact people with disability and their families. We have also provided a summary of our key questions under each of the linked papers below.
The local disability community has also expressed concern and fear about a global political shift away from supporting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We have therefore also asked for a confirmation of commitment to DEI and set out the ways in which parties will demonstrate this.
Visit the Party Commitments page to see a summary of each political party's commitments for the upcoming Federal Election.
Visit our 2025 Federal Election Resources page to see a summary of all the federal election information on our website.
Click on the headings below to learn more about our election asks.
Key Questions and Election Asks
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Do you commit to demonstrating leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by investing in strategies and initiatives across government; committing to ambitious employment targets for under-represented groups across the Australian public sector; and promoting the importance of DEI in the private sector?
Employment [Read paper]
Do you commit to co-designing a national, staged, funded transition plan that would bring an end to segregated employment of people with disability within the term of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-31; investing in employment support models that focus on individualised, tailored planning; and improving data collection about employment outcomes for people with disability?
Housing [Read paper]
Will you commit to directly investing in accessible and affordable social housing that complies with the minimum accessibility standards set out in the updated National Construction Code 2022 Livable Housing Design (LHD) Standard; supporting implementation of the LHD Standard without unnecessary concessions throughout Australia (e.g. through monitoring, data collection, reporting and capacity building); and ceasing to fund group homes?
NDIS and Foundational Supports [Read paper]
Do you commit to prioritising the design, piloting and staged rollout of a new NDIS navigator program; prioritising and co-designing a well-funded system of Foundational Supports; and continuing existing funding arrangements for all services, programs, and supports for which the NDIS Review proposes replacement Foundational Supports until such options are fully established and working well?
Violence against women and girls [Read paper]
Will you commit to investing in the co-design and implementation of a targeted, properly resourced, five-year Action Plan to address the prevalence of violence against women and children with disability?
Disability Support Pension [Read paper]
Do you commit to raising the rate of the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and updating DSP arrangements to eliminate barriers, disincentives, and penalties for people to earn more income from employment so they can afford the basics during a cost-of-living crisis?