Queensland is unlikely to meet the legislated goal of having all train stations fully accessible this year

A looming deadline to make public transport accessible to people with disability is set to be missed by the Queensland government, despite authorities having 20 years to make changes. Key points: Advocates say current standards are outdated The Human Rights Commission can give broad exemptions to accessibility rules Around 60 per cent of south-east Queensland train stations are fully accessible The federal Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 lays out a timeline to complete accessibility upgrades by the end of this year. 'It means that they're not a full citizen' Mr Trappett said the Accessible Public Transport 2002 Standards are the "key piece of legislation" for progress on the issue but the 2002 standards are woefully outdated, and that much of the research for the standards was conducted in the 1990s. "There's entire sections of the disability standards for accessible public transport legislation that don't cover smartphones, for example, because we were using Nokia 3210s." "It's a matter the Australian Human Rights Commission needs to weigh up: achieving the objects of the Disability Discrimination Act and achieving them in a manner that's sustainable," Mr Trappett said.