Social services minister Amanda Rishworth says the inquiry was 'a key moment in our nation’s history' and uncovered 'appalling experiences of abuse and neglect and discrimination against people with disability'. The Australian government has accepted, or accepted in principle, 130 of the royal commission's 172 recommendations that the commonwealth has sole or joint responsibility for, she says. More than $200m of the $371m package will go to employment services programs, while a Disability Rights Act is still under 'sequencing'
