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NDIS independent assessment process subject to massive conflicts of interest

Mirage News
Thursday 25th March, 2021
The Morrison Government is allowing corporations with massive conflicts of interest – including one run by former NDIA CEO Robert De Luca – to begin cashing in on planned Independent
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Bendigo family fears NDIS independent assessments will jeopardise daughter’s wellbeing

Elspeth Kernebone
Bendigo Advertiser
Monday 22nd March, 2021
"It's pretty unfair in Australia, to say the people most vulnerable, least able to speak up for themselves and advocate for themselves, are at the mercy of legislation that puts
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The NDIS and government controls

Rick Morton.
The Saturday Paper
Saturday 20th March, 2021

A win for the government in its push to deny people on the National Disability Insurance Scheme access to sex worker supports may hand the Commonwealth even greater power to…

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Leaked laws reveal plan to kick Australians off the $22 billion NDIS

Rob Harris
SMH
Friday 26th March, 2021
The Morrison government is considering radical reforms to the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme including denying funding to Australians with acquired brain injuries and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder as
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Blind and low-vision Australians shut out of Covid vaccine finder website

Christopher Knaus
The Guardian
Friday 26th March, 2021
nd and low-vision Australians are being shut out of the Covid-19 vaccination process because the government’s eligibility checker and clinic finder website fail to meet basic web accessibility standards, according
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Independent Assessments: Look what you’ve created

Anonymous Contributor
VCOSS Blog
Thursday 25th March, 2021
Independent Assessments are putting complete control over my ability to live an ordinary life in the hands of seven groups of professionals that I’ve never had contact with – and
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The Australian-born children the government wants to deport because they have a disability

Jessica Longbottom
ABC News
Tuesday 23rd March, 2021
The Migration Act is one of the few pieces of legislation in Australia where it's OK to discriminate against people based on their disability. Exact data on how many children
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‘Material changes’ needed to NDIS independent assessments

Katina Curtis
SMH
Wednesday 24th March, 2021
Commissioner Ben Gauntlett told a Senate estimates hearing the Australian Human Rights Commission had concerns the new policy “might undermine the effectiveness of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and not
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Carly Findlay calls for more disabled people in leadership

Emily Pidgeon
The CEO Magazine
Friday 19th March, 2021
“We have seen the benefits of working from home, as well as the accessibility of online events,” Carly tells The CEO Magazine. “For many people – especially disabled people –
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I was perfect for the job, but I couldn’t even get into the building. Here’s why

Emma Myers
ABC News
Wednesday 17th March, 2021
You've already been told by your potential employer that your resumé is the best they have ever seen. The employer has every intention of giving you the job. The interview
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NDIS assessments: ombudsman warns against rushing changes

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Wednesday 17th March, 2021
In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry which is examining what some call the biggest change to the scheme since it began, the ombudsman, Michael Manthorpe, did not comment on
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People with disability more than twice as likely to report sexual violence, report finds

Massilia Aili
SBS
Wednesday 17th March, 2021
Advocates are calling for change after a report found people with a disability are twice as likely to experience sexual and physical violence than those without a disability.
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