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Rishworth admits budget fell short

Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Tuesday 8th November, 2022
Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth has signalled that she will continue to work across her diverse portfolio to get outcomes for those who need it, while also pointing to
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Budget leaves disabled Australians hungry for NDIS reform

Elly Desmarchelier
PBA
Tuesday 25th October, 2022
For nine years, people with disability not only didn’t get an invitation to the party, too often, we were on the menu. Carved up in the name of “fiscal sustainability”.
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Line of sight: Refocussing Victoria’s adult safeguarding laws and practices

Victoria Office of the Public Advocate
Friday 19th August, 2022

This report draws on de-identified stories that starkly illustrate the impact of the system failures on adults who are at-risk. It identifies gaps and failures in the current framework and…

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Exclusive: Private schools win millions in disability funding

Rick Morton
The Saturday Paper
Saturday 6th August, 2022
Disabled students in public schools are missing out on $600 million a year, because of onerous and unfair funding arrangements.
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Data shows half of Australians with disability not satisfied with life

Anna Christian
Disability support Guide
Tuesday 5th July, 2022
Factors drawn from the data that could contribute to a person with disability’s lower level of satisfaction in life include health, wellbeing, financial stress, social isolation and lack of employment
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Australian Labor government prepares to cut disability services

Max Boddy
World Socialist Website
Sunday 19th June, 2022
Statements by the recently-installed Labor government’s minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Bill Shorten, make it plain that plans are being drawn up to reduce spending on the
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Disability and Wellbeing Monitoring Framework: Baseline indicator data for Australians aged 18-64 years

Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health
Tuesday 14th June, 2022
Measuring inequality is essential for identifying the barriers faced by people with disability in exercising their human rights. Evidence of disability-related inequalities can inform action to remove barriers and reduce
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Bill Shorten says accused National Disability Insurance Scheme fraudsters are ‘despicable’

SBS News
Sunday 12th June, 2022
News Corp newspapers report that fraudsters are ripping off the scheme by as much as $1.45 billion a year, a program that is already seeing costs ballooning. "I think there
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Scheme Sustainability: Beyond the cost

Chris Coombes
DSC
Wednesday 8th June, 2022
If you work in the NDIS sector and happen not to live under a rock, chances are you’ve encountered some chatter about Scheme sustainability. With the change in government, the
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$100 million to uphold the rights of people with disability

Department of Social Services Ministers
media release
Thursday 7th April, 2022
The Morrison Government will invest $100 million over three years to ensure people with disability continue to have access to advocacy and legal support. From 1 July 2022, more than
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Review of NDIA actuarial forecast model and drivers of Scheme costs

Department of Social Services (DSS)
Friday 11th February, 2022
At their August 2021 meeting, Disability Ministers directed work be undertaken to understand cost drivers and underpinning assumptions in the Scheme Actuary’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Annual Financial Sustainability
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NDIA spending on law firms to fight participants over cuts to payments

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Saturday 18th December, 2021
The National Disability Insurance Agency’s (NDIA) spending on private law firms to battle participants appealing its decisions rose 30% last financial year, new figures show.
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