Message from the Chief Executive
I am pleased to present the Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2026-2030, our second under the Disability Inclusion Act 2018.
This plan reaffirms our commitment to upholding the rights of people living with disability by ensuring equitable access to the services and programs we deliver and fostering a workplace that is genuinely inclusive.
Our department’s core business is to link up work across agencies in the public sector, facilitate good governance, provide specialist policy advice and connect the government with the people of South Australia. As part of this work, we continue to advocate for government policy that is inclusive of people with disability.
In recent years we have improved access to our public buildings, arts and cultural collections, festivals and events. In the workplace, we have introduced disability awareness programs, implemented policies for reasonable workplace adjustments and flexible working arrangements and have an ongoing partnership with JobAccess to connect with Disability Employment Service providers.
Disability is not always visible, and inclusion must extend beyond traditional definitions to include neurodivergent individuals who may or may not identify as a person with disability. For this reason, our commitment under the SA Autism Strategy Action Plan is included in this plan. Neurodiversity is a natural and valuable aspect of human variation, and we are committed to ensuring that our policies, practices, and culture support the needs of neurodivergent people alongside those with physical, sensory, and other disabilities.
I am proud to share this Disability Access and Inclusion Plan with you, which outlines how we will advance access and inclusion over the next four years, to build a more inclusive South Australia, and a workplace where inclusion is lived, felt and celebrated.
Rick Persse
Chief Executive
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
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Department of the Premier and Cabinet Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2026-2030 (PDF, 454.9 KB)
If you require a copy of this plan in an alternative format (such as a fully accessible Word version), please contact:
Principal Officer, Diversity and Inclusion
DPCOrganisationalDevelopment@sa.gov.au
GPO Box 2343,
Adelaide, SA, 5001