Progress reporting
TMR is required to report on our progress to implement the Disability Services Plan 2022–2025 as it aligns to the state disability plan commitments from the 4 key priority outcomes: our people, our community, our services and our places. To make sure TMR's Disability Services Plan is progressing and delivering improved outcomes for people with disability, we will be tracking progress throughout the life of the plan.
Under Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031, we are also required to provide a progress implementation report against the Targeted Action Plans in achieving outcomes in specific areas of Australia's Disability Strategy. Information from the Targeted Action Plans is collated by the Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships into a whole of government response on the implementation of the Targeted Action Plans in Queensland, which is communicated to the federal government.
Progress reporting on Targeted Action Plans
Employment Targeted Action Plan
The Employment Targeted Action Plan sets out key actions to improve paid employment outcomes for people with disability. These actions are for 2021–22 to 2023–24 and may be updated during the life of the plan with additional actions from the Commonwealth.
The key outcomes and objectives are shown in the following table:
| Objective 1: increase employment of people with disability |
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| Action | Timeline | Indicators |
| 1.3 Support the sector to attract, recruit and retain more people with disability in the Queensland public sector | Late 2021 – June 2024 | Percentage of employees with disability employed in the Queensland Public Sector. |
Community attitudes Targeted Action Plans
The focus of changing community attitudes is fundamental in the way the community engages with people with disability and the way that people with a disability engage with their community. The aim of the Community attitudes Targeted Action Plan is to bring about increased awareness and a change in community attitudes towards people with disability to remove society barriers and ensure equality, inclusion, and participation in society.
The key outcomes and objectives are shown in the following table:
| Objective 2: Key professional workforces can confidently and positively respond to people with disability | ||
| Action | Timeline | Indicators |
| 2.2 Continue to engage in educational and awareness raising communications campaign providing information about disability in a variety of service contexts, including youth justice and child safety. |
June 2023 |
Number of campaigns undertaken. Percentage of frontline workforce participating in educational and awareness campaigns and presentations. |
| Objective 3: Increase representation of people with disability in leadership roles |
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| Action | Timeline | Indicators |
| 3.1 Promote opportunities for people with disability to participate on Queensland Government boards |
June 2023 | Advertisement and recruitment processes for Queensland Government boards are promoted, inclusive and accessible. |
| 3.2 Improve representation of people with disability in leadership roles in the Queensland public sector. |
June 2021 – June 2024 |
8% representation at the Senior Officer and Senior Executive Service (and equivalent) levels, by 30 June 2024. |
| Objective 4: Improving community attitudes to positively impact on Policy Priorities under the Strategy | ||
| Action | Timeline | Indicators |
| 4.2 Develop and release the Move Together social media campaign. This campaign has been designed to enable public transport users to understand the need for priority seating, allocated spaces, and other accommodations to meet the diversity of needs of people with disability. |
Late 2021 – 2023 |
Number of initiatives undertaken to increase understanding. Number of people reached through social media campaign. Reduction in reports of resistance by public transport users in giving up priority and allocated spaces when needed. |
| 4.4 The Queensland Accessible Transport Advisory Council provides disability-sector representatives with an unprecedented opportunity for early and authentic consultation on all major transport projects. The council is a key part of the transport infrastructure planning model requiring the council be formally consulted before finalising any project plans. This will apply to all forms of transport, ensuring persons with disability have a strong voice in a formal capacity for future infrastructure in Queensland. The council was established on 21 September 2020 and appointments to the council expire on 20 September 2023. |
2021 – 2023 | Increase in the number of transport infrastructure project plans that formally consider the needs of people with disability. |
| 4.6 Advance market opportunities for First Nations providers to deliver culturally appropriate services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disability. |
2021 – 2022 |
Improved awareness by First Nations providers of service development and delivery opportunities across Queensland. |
- Last updated 18 July 2024