Public reports for advocates
Access a collection of reports, analyses, and publications that impact the disability advocacy sector.
NCDA Reports
Sector Reports
NCDA Reports
NEW Systemic Advocacy Insight Report – Closed Environments PDF | Word
About this report: Drawing on insights from the 2025 NCDA Systemic Advocacy Forum, this report explores the experiences of people with disability living in settings such as group homes, supported accommodation, and other environments where choice and independence can be limited.
Workforce Survey 2025 Results Report (2026) PDF | Word
About this report: The report is based on its third annual sector-wide survey conducted between August and September 2025. This initiative tracks workforce trends and emerging issues across both NDAP and non-NDAP funded advocacy organisations.
Workforce Survey 2024 Results Report (2025) PDF | Word
About this report: The report is based on its second annual sector-wide survey conducted in August 2024. This initiative tracks workforce trends and emerging issues across both NDAP-funded and non-NDAP-funded advocacy organisations. The report includes responses from 158 individuals across 35 organisations, revealing a sector rich in lived experience and professional expertise.
Systemic Advocacy Report (2025) PDF | Word
About this report: The second annual Systemic Advocacy Insight Report (No.2) from the NCDA features some of the amazing systemic advocacy work that organisations are undertaking.
Advocacy Workforce Survey – Individual workers (April 2024) PDF | Word
About this report: The Advocacy Workforce Survey Report provides valuable insights into the demographics and challenges faced by individual workers in the advocacy sector.
Systemic Advocacy Report (2024)
About this report: During 2023 the NCDA collected information on the some of the amazing systemic advocacy activities undertaken by the independent disability advocacy sector during the year. This report highlights current systemic action.
Advocacy Workforce Survey – Advocacy Organisations (2023) PDF | Word
About this report: The Advocacy Workforce Survey Report provides valuable insights into the demographics and challenges faced by organisations in the advocacy sector.
Consultation Report (2023) PDF | Word
About this report: On 17 May 2023, DANA held an online forum for the launch of the Consultation Report on the establishment of the National Centre for Disability Advocacy (NCDA). The report outlines feedback from the consultation process and gives an insight from the sector around the Centre’s national purpose to improve access to and quality of individual advocacy services
Sector Reports
- NDIS Review Final Report (2023)
About this report: The “Working together to deliver the NDIS” Final Report represents a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to enhance the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for all Australians. The report outlines 26 recommendations, supported by 139 actions, that are designed to drive positive change across the NDIS system. - The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Final Report (2023)
About this report: Released in September 2023, the Complete Volume of the Final Report has made 222 recommendations on how to improve laws, policies, structures and practices to ensure a more inclusive and just society that supports the independence of people with disability and their right to live free from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
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