Commissioner appointed for ALRC inquiry into Legal Barriers for People with Disabilities

23 July 2013:

A new inquiry will consider whether Commonwealth laws and legal frameworks create barriers to people with disability exercising their rights and legal capacity.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today formally referred the inquiry into Legal Barriers for People with Disabilities to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), and appointed the Disability Discrimination Commissioner Mr Graeme Innes AM to the ALRC to support the inquiry.

“People with disability deserve the opportunity to make decisions affecting their lives,” Mr Dreyfus said.

In welcoming Mr Innes’ appointment, Minister for Disability Reform Jenny Macklin said that as Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner Mr Innes has been a powerful advocate for people with disability.

....click here for the complete Joint Media Release from:

Minister for Disability Reform, The Hon Jenny Macklin MP 
and Attorney-General, The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP

• Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into equal recognition before the law and legal capacity for people with disability - the Inquiry's website gives the terms of reference.
• Disability Discrimination Commissioner turns spotlight on the justice system - The World Today, ABC local radio, 24th July 2013. Interview with Commissioner Graeme Innes.