Premier's message

The State Disability Plan 2002–2012 provides a strong and flexible agenda for change. It reaffirms the rights that people with a disability have to live and participate in the community on an equal footing with other citizens of Victoria.

This Plan brings into focus my Government's commitments to building safe and caring communities in which opportunities are fairly shared.

The Plan provides a vehicle for putting these objectives into action. It is a vehicle for working creatively and collaboratively to grow Victoria into the kind of State we want it to be for all citizens.

The essence of this Plan lies in respecting and valuing the diversity of Victoria's communities as one of this State's greatest strengths.

As citizens of Victoria, people with a disability have an important contribution to make to the life of this State. To maximise this contribution we must support communities so that they can be more inclusive.

This will be a challenge, but it is a challenge that I firmly believe we can achieve.

My Government has significantly increased funding over the past three years and will continue to listen to the issues that are important to people with a disability, their parents, families and carers as we put this Plan into action.

I invite you to join this Government, and the communities of Victoria, as we work together to achieve better outcomes for all Victorians, and particularly for Victorians who have a disability.

STEVE BRACKS MP
Premier of Victoria

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