To make sure the plan is progressing and delivering improved outcomes for people, we will be tracking progress against the plan throughout its life. We will do this formally with a review and a report after the first two years. Departments will be required to report on how they are implementing the actions under each of the priority areas as well as the commitments from the six systemic reform areas as a part of their state disability plan reporting requirements.
We will add new actions at the end of the first two years to meet commitments. The report will include an update on progress against the outcomes framework indicators as the data becomes available. We will produce a final report on the plan at the start of 2026. We will table the midway review and the final report in parliament. The review of the Disability Act may mean there are some changes to the way inclusion planning and accountability for outcomes works over the life of this plan. This will form part of the midway refresh process.
Throughout the life of the plan we will talk to community about our progress on actions in the plan. State disability plan information, reports and updates will be published on the state disability plan website.
This midway report will be publicly available in a range of accessible formats.
To develop this report, we will be asking people to tell us how we are doing through online public forums. We will use this feedback to work out where we need to do more work and to hear from the community about new ideas and opportunities.
The Victorian Disability Advisory Council and other key stakeholders will work with the Office for Disability in the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing to help us monitor progress of the plan. The council will also provide advice on implementing actions from the plan.
We use the outcomes framework outlined in Absolutely everyone: state disability plan 2017–2020 to measure real-life improvements. We have refreshed the outcomes framework and added two new priority action areas: ‘pride and recognition’ and ‘right to expression of sexuality and gender identity’. We will be adding new outcomes and indicators so we can measure progress against the outcomes framework. We will also review existing indicators to make sure they are still the right ones for measuring the plan’s progress.
Aboriginal-defined outcomes, evidence and measures of success will be included in line with the Korin Korin Balit Djak shared measurement framework and system transformation reforms.
The outcomes reporting work will increasingly draw on the work of all Australian jurisdictions to develop a National Disability Data Asset.
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