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‘Deeply unfair’: Godfather of the NDIS calls for major reform

Patricia Karvelas
ABC RN
Friday 30th June, 2023
When the NDIS was legislated 10 years ago, it was a world-leading reform, but cost blowouts and questions about its design and administration have plagued the scheme. Now, an ongoing
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People with psychosocial disability may be diverted from NDIS in future, as government forecasts 27,000 reduction in participant growth

Jake Evans
ABC
Wednesday 28th June, 2023
Fewer people with psychosocial disability may be added to the NDIS in the future, as the minister flags that the government expects to divert 27,000 people to outside supports in
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Jamal says he’s owed $10,000, amid claims of ‘rampant’ wage theft by NDIS providers

Madeleine Wedesweiler
SBS News
Tuesday 27th June, 2023
Mr Banfield is no longer working for the company and with the help of the Australian Services Union, is part of a group that's taken it to the Fair Work
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The NDIS review has participants and people with disability on edge. These are the areas it’s most concerned about

Evan Young and Nas Campanella
ABC
Friday 30th June, 2023
Over its first decade, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has improved hundreds of thousands of lives across Australia. But it's not all been smooth sailing: there have been complaints
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A decade on, the NDIS has had triumphs, challenges and controversies. Where to from here?

Helen Dickinson and Sophie Yates
The Conversation
Friday 30th June, 2023
But in the years since, most of the focus has been on personalised plans, with goals around inclusion and community falling by the wayside.
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Majority of disabled employees have to initiate the process of securing workplace adjustments, survey finds

Elizabeth Howlett
People Management UK
Thursday 22nd June, 2023

In The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023 by Business Disability Forum (BDF), which surveyed 1,500 disabled workers and 400 managers, more than half (58 per cent) said getting the…

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The disability support sector is in a ‘precarious’ position. Here’s why.

Biwa Kwan
SBS
Tuesday 20th June, 2023
Key points: - Disability support workers are leaving the sector for aged care. - The 15 per cent pay rise for aged care workers is a big driving factor, advocates
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NDIS agency scrambles over risk of leaked sensitive client information in HWL Ebsworth hack

Josh Taylor
Guardian Australia
Tuesday 20th June, 2023
“The [NDIA] is engaging with HWL Ebsworth regarding the cyber incident experienced by HWL Ebsworth and whether any NDIA information has been affected,” the spokesperson said. The firm has represented
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Silenced by the state

Anne Connolly and Hannah Meagher
ABC 7:30
Tuesday 20th June, 2023
Uli had no idea that it was a criminal offence to out himself, just as it is for more than 46,000 people around the country who have their finances controlled
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Talkback: The 10th anniversary of the NDIS

RN Life Matters
ABC
Monday 19th June, 2023
When the bill to create the NDIS was first introduced, the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, said that the scheme would "transform the lives of people with disability, their families and
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Rally for more accessible tram stops

Courtney Withers
ABC
Sunday 18th June, 2023
More than 200 people have gathered in Melbourne's inner north, calling on the State Government to create more accessible public transport. The group says when level crossings are removed in
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People with disabilities ‘locked at home’ as brakes slammed on tram accessibility

Patrick Hatch
The Age
Saturday 17th June, 2023
Not a single stop on Melbourne’s tram network has been made more accessible in the past 12 months and only four were delivered over the past three years, as work
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