Disability Discrimination Act Review – Community Survey

Closes 24 Oct 2025

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Part 6 – Modernising the Disability Discrimination Act

This section asks questions about other ways that we could improve the Disability Discrimination Act.

Stakeholders and the disability community have raised other possible updates to the Disability Discrimination Act. They include:

  • Assistance animals
    • The rules about assistance animals are unclear. This includes for people with disability and duty holders.
    • The review is asking how to make the rules clearer about training and certification.
  • Disability action plans
    • Some organisations have voluntary plans to improve accessibility.
    • The review is asking how these plans could be improved.
  • Disability Standards
    • Public premises, public transport and education have special rules to help them be accessible.
    • The review is asking how we can be better at enforcing and reporting on these rules.
12. This question is about assistance animals. How could protections for assistance animals be improved? If you have any comments about how to make the rules about assistance animals clearer or work better (including rules for training and certification), please write them here:
13. This question is about Disability Action Plans. If you have any ideas or comments about how Disability Action Plans could be made more useful, please explain them here:
14. This question is about Disability Standards. How could the Disability Discrimination Act be changed to improve compliance with the Disability Standards, to ensure people follow these rules? Please write your ideas here: