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

A young woman waits for a bus on a city street.

Disability Rights

New guidelines for public transport accessibility

30 July, 2020

A woman using a wheelchair is at a table with two young children at home playing a game.

Disability Rights

Bringing a disability lens to the COVID-19 health policy response

5 May, 2020

Disability Rights

Pandemic requires comprehensive response for Australians with disability

8 April, 2020

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.