The Australian Law Reform Commission has extended until January 20 the deadline for submissions to its inquiry into how federal laws affect disabled people. 

Insurers’ ability to discriminate in providing life and income protection insurance, and possibly travel cover, could be considered.

The commission says it is “interested in submissions that address… ways in which Commonwealth laws or legal frameworks for insurance deny or diminish the equal recognition of people with disability before the law and their ability to exercise legal capacity”.

It plans to issue a discussion paper next April.