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A Melbourne panel split on whether strategy funding would reach autistic led enterprises
In short
At the 2024 Autistic Pride Day Symposium Kyriakos Gold argued that funding goes to people without lived experience and to big disability organisations. One panellist was unsure what would change, and a South Australian panellist was confident.
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The story
At the 2024 Autistic Pride Day Symposium in Melbourne, on 8 June 2024, Kyriakos Gold, who hosted the session, put to a panel on national and state autism strategies the question he most wanted answered. He asked when to expect to see some money coming through.
A panellist said it was a question the panel had been asking as well. What could be said was that there was funding for the current stage, in which action items were being refined and short, medium and long term goals set. Beyond that, the panellist said, they were still campaigning for more information.
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Sources the story draws on
- Budget delivers for people with disability (opens in a new tab), Australian Government Department of Social Services (ministers' media release)
- A new specialist disability employment program (opens in a new tab), Australian Government Department of Social Services
- Inclusive Employment Australia starts on 1 November 2025 (opens in a new tab), Services Australia
- Autism Strategy 2024 to 2029 (opens in a new tab), Government of South Australia, Department of Human Services
- National Autism Strategy 2025 to 2031, First Action Plan 2025 to 2026 (opens in a new tab), Australian Government Department of Social Services
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