Sign the digital Thank You card to Ministers Wong and Conroy

Dear Ministers Wong and Conroy,

With the release of the International Disability Equity and Rights strategy, we want to say thank you for taking an ambitious stand on disability equity and rights.

Thank you for listening to people with disabilities through extensive consultation, and for centring them in the new strategy.

Thank you for your ambition to ensure Australia’s aid program can reach the most vulnerable and the accountability that comes with clear targets, including seeing disability in 70% of programming by 2030.

Thank you for your commitment of $12m to assistive technology (AT) in the Indo-Pacific, a measure that will unlock catalytic change for millions of people with disabilities in our region.

Thank you for showing, not just telling, our neighbours that Australia values them and their people and wants to work together in the region. 

Thank you for restoring Australia as a global leader on disability equity.

Now is not a time to rest – there is much more work to be done to break the cycle of disability and poverty. But thank you for setting a firm foundation upon which Australians can build a more equitable Indo-Pacific in solidarity with people with disabilities.

Sincerely,