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“Commonwealth Disability Strategy launched in December 1994”
- Helen Connors
- Supported Employment Program
- Annie Beeston
- Antonella Calvano
- Barbara Ball
- Bella Greenwald
- Cathy Smith
- Creighton Burns
- Creighton Burns AO
- Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
- Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC
- Doug Ewen
- Doug Lyon
- Doug Parker
- Elisabeth Murdoch
- Geoff Prince
- Julie Raffaele
- Marianne Bragge
- Miriam Bass
- Pascale Sameli
- Peter Hengstberger
- Peter Hungstberger
- Ross Moore
- Srecko Radman
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“The Australian Assistance Plan (1973) encourages grassroots activism” Grassroots activism is said to have been encouraged by the Commonwealth with the new Australian Assistance Plan (AAP) in 1973, which allowed local communities to "prioritise their own welfare planning" and "triggered an explosion in local advocacy in a range of areas, including self-advocacy for people with disability," according to the 2021 Royal Commission.