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Senate probe into disability pension rate

AAP
Yahoo News Australia
Friday 14th May, 2021
The adequacy of the disability pension will be put under the microscope thanks to the Greens. A Senate committee will look at the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability
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Health industry expects “inevitable” NDIS cost-cutting measures

Roxanne Libatique14
Insurance Business Australia
Friday 14th May, 2021

As a result, Wardlaw said some type of cost-cutting and cost-controlling measures is inevitable. “I welcome the idea, from a glance, that there has been some investment into some mainstream

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‘Tampering with evidence’: More academics accuse NDIA of misrepresenting their views

Dan Jervis-Bardy
Canberra Times
Friday 14th May, 2021
The agency in charge of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been accused by more academics of misrepresenting expert evidence in its efforts to justify the introduction of mandatory independent
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Budget2021 ‘not a budget for people with disability’

Mirage News
Thursday 13th May, 2021
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed $13.2 billion of funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme but has dubbed the latest Federal Budget “not a budget for people with
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Advocates slam government’s claims of an NDIS cost blowout

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 12th May, 2021
Disability groups have welcomed a $13.2 billion boost to the National Disability Insurance Scheme outlined in the federal budget, but say they are disappointed by the Morrison government’s messaging around
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Government’s scare tactics on NDIS is based on ‘dodgy accounting’

Mirage News
Tuesday 11th May, 2021
Ms Connor called out the National Disability Insurance Agency and its actuary for its accounting practices, which she likened to comparing apples with oranges.
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Telehealth valued by NDIS participants

Morgan Liotta
RACGP
Tuesday 11th May, 2021
And while the positive impacts are widespread across specific patient groups, it has been particularly beneficial for vulnerable populations, such as those accessing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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PM warns about escalating costs of National Disability Insurance Scheme

AIR team
Asia Insurance Review
Tuesday 11th May, 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that the sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is at stake unless its costs are curbed. In a speech last week ahead
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Here’s why planned NDIS reforms discriminate against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

John Gilroy
Mirage News
Thursday 6th May, 2021
Most of the suite of independent assessment tools haven’t been rigorously tested or evaluated for their application with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Assessment tools should be evaluated with
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Victoria says Coalition guilty of undermining principles on which NDIS was built

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Saturday 8th May, 2021
In a sign of increasing animosity between the states and the commonwealth over the landmark scheme, Victoria’s disability minister, Luke Donnellan, said the federal government was guilty of attacking the
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What COVID has taught us about making live music accessible to everyone

Paul Donoughue
ABC News
Sunday 9th May, 2021
As live music returns in much of the country, advocates and artists with disability say the industry should learn some lessons from the pandemic and build back up in a
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What People with Disability Want from Federal Budget

Mirage News
Saturday 8th May, 2021
The disabled people’s organisation is calling for a raft of measures to be urgently funded and implemented to meet Australia’s responsibilities under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
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