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NDIA staffing boost and new CEO draws cautious optimism from stakeholders, snark from opposition

Stephen Easton
The Mandarin
Friday 18th October, 2019
The head of People with Disability Australia, Jeff Smith, was pleased by the staffing boost and welcomed Hoffman’s appointment but also called on the NDIA to keep looking for opportunities
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People experiencing homelessness struggling to navigate the NDIS

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 16th October, 2019
During a session at the Victorian Homelessness Conference, panellists from across the social sector discussed how the NDIS was catering to people with disability who were homeless or at risk.
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‘They see it as a threat’: People with disability warned not to challenge NDIS decisions

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 8th October, 2019
People with disability are afraid to challenge problems in their National Disability Insurance Scheme funding plans because they have been told they risk having other services cut if they do
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Exclusive: 500 children forfeited to state in NDIS standoff

Rick Morton
The Saturday Paper
Saturday 12th October, 2019
For the past five years, the National Disability Insurance Agency has squabbled with state governments over who pays to support children with a profound disability. In that time, hundreds of
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A plea to the NDIS: please catch me, I’m falling

Kathryn O’Connor
Sydney Morning Herald
Saturday 5th October, 2019
I had a fall last night. I wish for a time when I could have called it just falling over. But that time is long gone. Having falls is for
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NDIS struggling to accommodate people with psychosocial disability

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 7th October, 2019
People with severe mental health issues are having their National Disability Insurance Scheme funding cut because the system does not account for the episodic nature of psychosocial disability, a new
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After 12 months, NDIS commission still hasn’t answered family’s questions about son’s bruises

Melissa Martin
ABC Coffs Coast 
Friday 27th September, 2019
In October 2018, the family of a severely disabled man became so concerned about bruises he was suffering while living in full-time care that they asked for them to be
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Dylan Alcott ‘devastated’ at multi-billion-dollar NDIS underspend

ABC News
Thursday 19th September, 2019
"I see the heartbroken families of people who try and try to get funding but can't, robbing them to be independent, contributing members of society. Fix it."
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National Disability Insurance Agency hamstrung by staffing cap: ‘I shake every time I go to make a call’

Katie Burgess
Canberra Times
Thursday 12th September, 2019
Blowouts in processing times under the National Disability Insurance Scheme are being driven by an arbitrary cap on the number of staff the agency can employ, MPs have been told.
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2019 UN Outcomes Report

UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Wednesday 25th September, 2019

The findings cover how Australia is doing with regard to the rights of persons with disabilities, and covers positive developments, areas of concern, as well as listing the committees recommendations…

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The NDIS has ‘saved’ the budget: how good is trampling the poor and powerless?

First Dog on the Moon
The Guardian
Tuesday 24th September, 2019

Would it hurt to stay in debt and spend the money on services that society needs? Yes, because that is SOCIALISM!

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NDIS like a runaway train: Shorten

Nine News
Saturday 31st August, 2019
"Today's revelations ... of senior executives in disability services dining out on the disabled is yet again another symptom of the core problem ... there is sickness at the heart
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