Who will be on the Council?

A group of 12 people.

The Council will have 12 members.

A government building and 6 people.

6 members will work for governments.

A government building, a cross icon and 3 people.

3 members will be disability experts who don’t work for the government.

3 people sitting at a table and a disability icon.

3 members will be from the disability community.

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Council members will include people with lived experience of disability.

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If you have lived experience of disability, you:

  • know what life can be like for people with disability
  • can tell your story to help others.

3 people.

You might:

  • have a disability
  • be a family member or carer.

3 people sitting in an office discussing something.

Council members will include people who are experts in:

  • disability policies – government plans about how to do things
  • disability services
  • managing data.

Council members will also include people from different:

A group of people from different cultural backgrounds.

  • backgrounds

A map of Australia.

  • places around Australia.

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And the Council will include members with different genders.

Your gender is what you feel and understand about who you are as a person.

You might think of yourself as a man or woman or another gender.

You can choose the words that are right for you.

How will we choose Council members?

2 people showing somebody a document.

Governments will tell disability ministers who they think should be on the Council.

This includes the:

A government building and 6 people.

  • 6 people from governments

A government building, a cross icon and 3 people.

  • 3 experts who don’t work for the government.

A group of people with a speech bubble. The speech bubble has an icon of 3 people inside of it.

Experts in disability will suggest the 3 people from the disability community.

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Disability ministers will consider each of the 12 Council members.

And agree for them to be part of the Council.

Who will lead the Council?

2 leaders looking at a computer together.

The Council will have 2 leaders.

A person in a wheelchair talking to 2 other people.

One leader will be a member from the disability community.

A leader speaking into a microphone.

One leader will be a member from the government.