Appendix 3 – Timeline 2005-2019

Since the first DFA was released in Tasmania, there have been significant developments at a national and international level:

The Australian Government ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, enshrining the rights-based, social model of disability as the approach for all ratifying parties.
All state and territory governments and the Australian Government agreed to implement the NDS.
In 2012, Tasmania signed an Intergovernmental Agreement for the NDIS launch.

2005	Release of Tasmania’s first Disability Framework for Action 2005-2010
2006	United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD)
2008	Australian Government ratified the CRPD – it acceded to the Optional Protocol in 2009
2011	Implementation of the NDS –a ten-year national plan to improve life outcomes for Australians with disability
August 2011	Release of the Productivity Commission Inquiry recommending that the Australian Government fund a NDIS
7 December 2012	Intergovernmental Agreement for the NDIS Launch Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory sign bilateral agreements for the NDIS launch
December 2012	Release of Accessible Island: Tasmania’s Disability Framework for Action 2013-2017
1 July 2013	Tasmanian NDIS Launch commences for young people aged 15-24 years
2016-2019	Progressive rollout of the NDIS in Tasmania.
From 1 July 2016	Young Tasmanians aged 12-14 years
1 January 2017	Tasmanians aged 25-28 years
1 July 2017	Tasmanian children aged 4-11 years
1 January 2018	Tasmanians aged 29-34 years
1 July 2018	Tasmanians aged 0-3 years and 35-49 years
1 January 2019	Tasmanians aged 50-64 years
January 2018	Release of Accessible Island: Disability Framework for Action 2018-2021
July 2019	Tasmania's transition to the NDIS will be completed.