What the Council talked about

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The National Disability Data Asset Council is a group of people who make sure the Data Asset is being used in the right way.

In this document, we call this group the Council.

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The Council had a meeting on 18 February 2025. 

Plans for 2025

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The Council agreed to a plan about how to work with the disability community in 2025.

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The Council also agreed to a plan to make the disability indicators better.

Disability indicators are types of information about disability in the Data Asset.

For example, disability indicators include:

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  • how many people with disability use different services – like health services

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  • what types of disabilities people have.

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The plan will change the name of disability indicators to disability flags.

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The Council also agreed it’s important for the community to understand disability flags.

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This includes what information they:

  • can tell us
  • can’t tell us.

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You can visit our website for more information about disability flags.

https://www.ndda.gov.au/ research-projects/insights

Research projects in 2025

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The Council talked about some research projects that the Australian Government will do in 2025.

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They agreed these projects will teach us helpful information for people with disability.

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For example, how to improve health for people with disability.

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DSS updated the Council about researchers asking to use the Data Asset.

New Panels

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The Council talked about what their 2 new Panels will do.

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A Panel is a group of people that talk about important ideas.

The 2 new Panels are:

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  • the Children and Young People Panel

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  • the Employment Panel.

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Employment means you:

  • have a job
  • get paid to work.

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The Council will use advice from the Panels to make decisions about the Data Asset.

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You can visit our website for more information about Panels.

http://resources.dss.gov.au/NDDA- Council-ER/index.html

The Council’s next meeting

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The Council meet 4 to 5 times a year.

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The Council will hold their next meeting in May 2025.