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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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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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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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‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped

Helen Dickinson
Crokey
Friday 12th March, 2021
The government says this new approach is aimed at making the NDIS fairer. But many people with disability think it is about cost-cutting. They also say an independent assessment is
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More Support For Victorians With Disability

Luke Donnellan MP
Media release
Monday 1st March, 2021
Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers Luke Donnellan today awarded more than $1.6 million for advocacy funding, to help Victorians with disability and their families continue to access timely and
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Disabled young people living on poverty-level benefits rises 300% in Australia

Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian
Monday 22nd February, 2021
Mary Sayers, the Cyda chief executive, said the figures had “exploded” for a number of reasons, including that governments had tightened access to the disability support pension, which is paid
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National Disability Data Asset

DA Disability Advisory Council
Thursday 1st January, 1970
Data provides useful information for designing supports and services that meet the situations, needs and goals of people with disability. However datasets are largely disconnected. The National Disability Data Asset
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Vow to end ‘ugly lottery’ with $1.6b school disability reform

Jewel Topsfield
The Age
Monday 8th February, 2021
Education Minister James Merlino has pledged to tackle “school gatekeeping” – where students with disabilities are steered away from a particular school – describing it as an “ugly lottery” for
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The answers we’ve been waiting for

Sara Gingold
Disability Services Consulting (DSC)
Monday 18th January, 2021
Many of you will remember that last year’s Senate Estimates were as messy as hell. The most frustrating thing, by far, was the number of really juicy questions that were
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Specialist disability accommodation – Pipeline of supply

Dr Di Winkler and Alecia Rathbone.
Pro Bono News
Thursday 14th January, 2021

People with high or complex disability support needs have traditionally had extremely limited options when it comes to finding somewhere to live. The growing specialist disability accommodation market is beginning…

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