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The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) contracted researchers at the University of New South Wales to develop guidelines for supported decision-making. Everyone has the right to make decisions – many people look to others for support to help make decisions. This may include assistance in understanding the choices available, understanding the impact of those choices, and helping implement those choices. People with cognitive impairment may need additional support for day-to-day decision-making as well as more significant decisions. This support may be provided formally through services, and informally by family and friends. This is different to substitute decision-making where someone else makes a decision for them – this may be done by parents (for someone under 18 years) or by legally appointed guardians or trustees.The Principles and Guide were developed to be compliant with Australia's international law obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Principles and Guide were also based on National Principles developed in an earlier project completed by the Australian Law Reform Commission (2014).

This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of the Supported Decision Making Phase 2 (SDM2) project. It was an 18-month pilot program funded by the NSW Government Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) and undertaken by the NSW Public Guardian (PG). The SDM2 project was based on recommendations from an earlier SDM pilot project in NSW, run by FACS with PG and the NSW Trustee & Guardian (NSWTG) as partners. The SDM2 project aimed to add to the knowledge gained in that and other pilots. In addition, it sought to explore SDM in relation to financial issues for people with disability, in particular people with cognitive impairment who were subject to financial management orders.

This project, led by researchers from the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, aimed to build the organisational capacity of disability support organisations (DSOs) to provide peer support. It reviews current good practice approaches to implementing peer support networks in the Australian disability sector, and undertakes an international research and literature review on best practice delivery of peer support programs. The project develops and evaluates a suite of resources and training materials designed for organisations providing peer support programs, and develops good practice guidelines on implementing peer support programs to inform investment in peer support programs and networks in the future.

The Department of Social Services (DSS) commissioned the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) to conduct a review of the implementation of the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (Strategy). The aim was to examine effective implementation processes and measures of the Strategy to inform the reform that will develop a new national disability framework for beyond 2020.The review methodology consisted of a desktop review of documents about the implementation of the Strategy and targeted stakeholder consultations. The desktop review included publicly available Australian and international documents from government, community organisations and the service sector and reports internal to DSS. The consultations were held with stakeholders from organisations with a role in designing and implementing the Strategy and stakeholders from organisations that represent people with disability and their families, carers and allies. Approximately 150 people from 81 organisations participated in the targeted stakeholder consultations, which were held in all State and Territory capitals, over the phone or skype, and by e-mail. The next stage of the reform by DSS will include comprehensive online and face-to-face public engagement.This report presents the findings and implications from this review, focusing on the key factors that affected implementation of the Strategy and the areas in which implementation could be improved.

The NSW Government agency icare lifetime care administers the Lifetime Care and Support Scheme (the Scheme), which provides lifelong treatment, rehabilitation and attendant care for people severely injured in a motor vehicle accident in NSW, regardless of fault. As part of its role, icare lifetime care funded the Community Participation Grants (CPG), which supported projects offering innovative solutions to increase community involvement of Scheme participants and other people with disability.icare lifetime care commissioned the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at UNSW Sydney to evaluate the outcomes of the CPG. The evaluation ran from November 2016 until February 2018 and used mixed data collection methods, including a literature review, analysis of project reports, survey of funding recipients and case studies. This is the final evaluation report, which presents an analysis of the collected data according to the evaluation questions.