Defending Participants Rights -Navigating the NDIS

Welcome

• Trevor Carroll,  Chief Executive Officer, Disability Justice Australia Inc

Key note: Where are we now with the NDIS and where are we likely to be in 12 months?  

• Dr Bruce Bonyhady AM – Melbourne University

Pushing the Rights Button: Bureaucracy V Human Rights in the NDIS context

This panel discusses what problems and challenges we are seeing post roll-out, and how they affect the legal rights of participants.  What can we do to ensure that the legal rights of participants are upheld? Eva Sifis, Director by Accident, member of Brain Injury Matters introduces the session.

Speakers:

• Barbora Ježek, Solicitor at Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC)
• Dr John Chesterman, Deputy Public Advocate at Office for the Public advocate
• Lucy Adams, Lawyer at Victoria Legal Aid 

Navigating the NDIS: Access and Complaints – who fits where and why?

Where to complain, and who to complain to, is a maze that needs explaining. This panel session gives practical information that ensures the legal rights of participants are upheld. Eva Sifis, Director by Accident, member of Brain Injury Matters introduces the session.

Speakers:

• Chris Cahill, Assistant Director Community & Mainstream Engagement Vic/Tas, National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
• Fiona Sawyers, Senior Assistant Ombudsman, Strategy Branch, Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Samantha Dooley Capacity Development Manager, Disability Service Commissioner
• Miranda Bruyniks, Complaints Commissioner, National Disability Insurance Scheme quality & Safeguards Commission

Thank you and closing address:

• Sam Drummond, Victoria Legal Aid