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Not so independent assessments

Evie Naufal
Disability Service Consulting (DSC)
Thursday 3rd September, 2020
This raises a question - if the assessors are hired through an NDIA tender, are they really independent? Presumably they will want to win the tender again, maybe they will
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Media reporting on mental illness, violence and crime needs to change

Anna Ross, Elizabeth Paton, Michelle Blanchard
The Conversation
Monday 24th August, 2020
This can generate a skewed impression mental illness causes violent behaviour, which reinforces myths, increases stigmatising attitudes and cultivates fear among the public.
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Concern in Australia’s disability community NDIS assessment reforms could lead to self-harm

Evan Young
SBS News
Wednesday 2nd September, 2020
There is concern in Australia's disability community that an overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme could make it harder for people to access the program and lead to instances
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NDIS group supports – ‘challenging and unviable’ or ‘reasonable and necessary’?

Forward Blog
Community Business Bureau
Thursday 3rd September, 2020
The NDIS funding model provides a one size fits all approach, making it difficult for good quality group supports to survive and thrive, and for new ones to evolve. In
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Talks that matter

Belonging Matters
Friday 4th September, 2020

Talks That Matter is a unique online video strategy which harnesses the leadership of people with disability, families and allies who have challenged exclusionary practices.

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New NDIS independent assessments slammed by disability activists

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Friday 4th September, 2020
The NDIA says the assessments help to develop an overall picture of a person’s function in a number of areas of their life But disability activists such as NDIS participant
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Government response to the NDIS Act review

Australian Government
Friday 28th August, 2020
The Australian Government welcomes the 2019 review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (the NDIS Act) report completed by Mr David Tune AO PSM. The Report contains 29
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Singing to the same tune: Government backs Tune Review recommendations

Wendy Williams
Pro Bono News
Friday 28th August, 2020
The government’s decision to support all of the recommendations in the Tune Review has been labelled a “step in the right direction” for the National Disability Insurance Scheme by advocates,
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Conflict of interest & Support Coordination: The devil in the detail

Evie Naufal
Disability Service Consulting (DSC)
Thursday 27th August, 2020
The Support Coordination Discussion Paper is asking the sector to respond to a question that has long circulated the NDIS: should providers be allowed to deliver Support Coordination and direct
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Report finds Indigenous people with a disability are more likely to experience discrimination

Mikele Syron
SBS News
Saturday 29th August, 2020
The report found Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with a disability are 1.6 times more likely to report racism than those without a disability and are almost twice
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Authorities swoop over alleged insurance fraud

Terry Gangcuangco
Insurance Business Australia
Friday 28th August, 2020
Materials were seized from the sites in Western Sydney to assist the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Fraud Taskforce in its “Operation Pavo” investigation. In a joint release by the
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Disability advocates welcome NDIS reforms to increase number of scheme participants

Nas Campanella and Celina Edmonds
ABC News
Friday 28th August, 2020
Advocates are welcoming substantial changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) which they believe will make the system quicker and easier to navigate.
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