More information

Contacts

Association of Employees with a Disability (AED) Legal Centre
www.aed.org.au

Australian Government’s Complaints Resolution and Referral Service (CRRS)
www.jobaccess.gov.au/people-with-disability/ making-complaint

Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
www.humanrights.gov.au

Community Visitors
www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au

Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
www.daru.org.au

Disability Advocacy Victoria
www.disabilityadvocacyvic.org.au

Disability Discrimination Legal Service (DDLS)
www.ddls.org.au

Intermediaries Program of the Department of Justice and Community Safey
www.justice.vic.gov.au/justice-system/courts-and-tribunals/victorian-intermediaries-pilot-program

Independent Family and Support Program (VLA)
www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do/ independent-family-advocacy-and-support

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
www.imha.vic.gov.au

Mental Health Legal Centre
www.mhlc.org.au

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission)
www.ndiscommission.gov.au

Anyone can make a complaint to the NDIS Commission by:

Phoning: 1800 035 544 (free call from landlines) or TTY 133 677. Interpreters can be arranged.

National Relay Service and ask for 1800 035 544. Completing a complaint contact form.

Office of the Public Advocate (OPA)
www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au

Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU)
www.daru.org.au/organisation/self-advocacy-resource-unit

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA)
www.legalaid.vic.gov.au

Victorian Disability Services Commissioner (DSC)
www.odsc.vic.gov.au

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC)
www.humanrights.vic.gov.au

Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner (HCC)
www.hcc.vic.gov.au

Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Commissioner
www.mhwc.vic.gov.au

Victorian Senior Practitioner
www.dffh.vic.gov.au/victorian-senior-practitioner

Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc.
www.villamanta.org.au

Disability-related legislation and definitions

Chapter: 8.1: Understanding disability and the law

Contributor: Philip Grano, Former Principal Lawyer, Office of the Public Advocate; Naomi Anderson, Legal Practice Manager, Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service

Current as of: 1 September 2024

Law Handbook Page: 707

Next Section: 8.2 Understanding the National Disability Insurance Scheme