Who we spoke to

This plan was developed in consultation with people with disability, disabled people’s organisations, self advocacy groups, peak bodies, advocacy agencies and the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.

In developing Inclusive Victoria we asked people across Victoria with a range of experiences to tell us what the Victorian Government needs to do to improve the lives of people with disability.

These conversations started in 2019. In total we:

• facilitated three face-to-face forums, including one in regional Victoria
• held 11 online public forums
• had 29 targeted meetings with peak bodies and disability organisations
• worked with partner agencies to engage with six underserviced groups and communities
• reviewed 75 written submissions.

You can see a full list of organisations that contributed to the plan at Appendix 1.

We worked closely with the Victorian Disability Advisory Council on developing the plan including its community engagement, priority areas/ actions, monitoring and accountability. Council members also ran and participated in consultation forums.

The actions in Inclusive Victoria reflect the commitments all Victorian government departments are taking to build a fairer, inclusive community. Inclusive Victoria also sets out how government will do this by committing to six systemic reforms that will support a stronger focus on coordinated approaches to inclusion and accountability.

An outcomes framework supports this plan. The framework lists measures and indicators developed with people with disability and against which we will measure and report on whether the outcomes people with disability have told us are important are being achieved.