Australia's first blind disability discrimination commissioner says the Federal Government has sent the wrong message by proposing the establishment of a wind farms commissioner, a year after axing his former role.

The Government terminated the position of disability discrimination commissioner when lawyer Graeme Innes ended his term last year.

Mr Innes said he was shocked by the Government's proposal to create a national wind farms commissioner and said it showed where Australians with disabilities fell in the "pecking order".

"I felt pretty hurt and pretty upset, because the message that it sent to me is that the Government thinks that a wind farm watchdog is more important than a disability guide dog," he said.

"And I think that that's not a message that would be very acceptable to the 20 per cent of people in the community ... who have a disability.

"I've had a lot of opposition in the disability sector from both people I've spoken to and people with whom I'm connected on social media.

"There's a lot of outrage and disappointment out there.

"This is saying to people with disabilities, 'your place in the pecking order is below some lobbyists who want to make sure that the numbers are obtained in the Senate'."

He said the community was worried their concerns were not being heard since the commissioner's job was axed.

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"There's been a significant reduction in funding in the advocacy sector," he said.

"Employment still sits at a rate 30 per cent below the general population.

"Completion of the Higher Schools Certificate sits at half that of the general population and 45 per cent of us live in poverty.

"So you're already looking at a very disempowered and disadvantaged sector."

Age discrimination commissioner Susan Ryan took on the responsibility of dealing with disability complaints after Mr Innes' position was not filled.

While Mr Innes praised her performance, he said he would like to see a position once again dedicated to the disability sector.

"It's pretty disappointing," he said.

"I'd like to be able to pass on the baton but we don't have a full-time commissioner to pass it on to."