Prioritise and allocate resources to Resources are Business Ongoing as required address accessibility issues allocated to address Improvement & disability issues. Performance Promote awareness of potential Promote understanding Business Ongoing access issues to site managers of access issues Improvement & Performance Ensure any leases are compliant Review and implement Business 31 March 2019 To be undertaken following with disability access and other any findings Improvement & consolidation of accommodation requirements under Australia’s Performance across the State Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Building Code of Australia Review all access and associated Review and implement Business 31 March 2019 To be undertaken following signage for disabled access to any findings Improvement & consolidation of accommodation ensure all existing office locations Performance across the State are access compliant and suitably signed Output/brief description Outcome Who (lead) Key Comments dates/milestones Maintain an ongoing dialogue with Collaboration to ensure Registration and Regular liaison Registration and Licensing the Anti-Discrimination inclusive, safe and Licensing between Services works closely with the Commissioner and Dogs independent access to Anti-Discrimination Anti-Discrimination Commission Tasmania on matters concerning transport options Commission, Guide and Guide Dogs Tasmania as access to transport Dogs Tasmania and required to address any issues or the Department of complaints regarding access to State Growth ongoing transport Require all new vehicles for Provide safe, inclusive Passenger 100 per cent of all This requirement is part of general access bus services to access to public Transport new general access current contracts and will be part meet accessibility requirements transport buses must be of future contracts consistent with Australia’s compliant with
Prioritise and allocate resources to address accessibility issues Resources are allocated to address disability issues. Business Improvement & Performance Ongoing as required Promote awareness of potential access issues to site managers Promote understanding of access issues Business Improvement & Performance Ongoing Ensure any leases are compliant with disability access and other requirements under Australia’s Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Building Code of Australia Review and implement any findings Business Improvement & Performance 31 March 2019 To be undertaken following consolidation of accommodation across the State Review all access and associated signage for disabled access to ensure all existing office locations are access compliant and suitably signed Review and implement any findings Business Improvement & Performance 31 March 2019 To be undertaken following consolidation of accommodation across the State Output/brief description Outcome Who (lead) Key dates/milestones Comments Maintain an ongoing dialogue with the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner and Dogs Tasmania on matters concerning access to transport Collaboration to ensure inclusive, safe and independent access to transport options Registration and Licensing Regular liaison between Anti-Discrimination Commission, Guide Dogs Tasmania and the Department of State Growth ongoing Registration and Licensing Services works closely with the Anti-Discrimination Commission and Guide Dogs Tasmania as required to address any issues or complaints regarding access to transport Require all new vehicles for general access bus services to meet accessibility requirements consistent with Australia’s Provide safe, inclusive access to public transport Passenger Transport 100 per cent of all new general access buses must be compliant with This requirement is part of current contracts and will be part of future contracts
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