Disability Rights

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Disability Rights

DDA25 anniversary

Disability Rights

Assistance animals and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)

Disability Rights

Access to justice in the criminal justice system for people with disability

Rosemary Kayess, winner of 2019 Human Rights Medal. Photo by Matthew Syres

Disability Rights

2019 Human Rights Medal Award Winner Announced

13 December, 2019

Woman with cerebral palsy using a wheelchair to get onto the bus

Disability Rights

Disability discrimination tops Commission complaints

25 October, 2019

Disability Rights

Progress made but significant concerns in Australia remain, UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concludes

27 September, 2019

Dr Ben Gauntlett

Ben Gauntlett commenced his term as Disability Discrimination Commissioner on May 7, 2019. Ben is a quadriplegic following a schoolboy rugby union accident aged 16 in Perth, Western Australia.

Prior to commencing as Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Ben worked as a barrister in Western Australia and Victoria with a broad ranging practice.

He also holds a Master of Laws from New York University and a D.Phil. in Law from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

In 2015, Ben completed the Perth to Rottnest swim in a team with three friends.