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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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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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Advocates perplexed over government’s independent assessments plan

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 4th May, 2021
Disability advocates say they are confused by the federal government’s messaging around independent assessments, after National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister Linda Reynolds confirmed the controversial reform will proceed in “some
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NDIS chief ‘deeply regrets’ anxiety over independent assessments

Jewel Topsfield
SMH
Tuesday 4th May, 2021
National Disability Insurance Agency chief executive Martin Hoffman acknowledged independent assessments had “caused real fear, concern and upset in the disability community”.
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Head of NDIS grilled on ‘insulting’ disability assessment questions, including about sex

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Tuesday 4th May, 2021
Taleporos, who is one of 3,000 people who have taken part in an assessments trial, told the Drum last month he had “just met this person and they asked me
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‘Defining moment’: Calls grow for Reynolds to dump NDIS changes |

Dan Jervis-Bardy
Canberra Times
Saturday 1st May, 2021
Senator Reynolds met with about a dozen representatives from across the sector on Friday, as part of a fresh consultation process initiated by her decision to pause the permanent rollout
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