NDIS

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Our analysis of part-time work and its impact on wellbeing shows getting more people with disability into employment could save millions in health-care costs.

child with a disability being cared for

Making it possible for NDIS participants to choose registered or unregistered providers affords the ‘dignity of risk’.

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An evaluation by UNSW researchers finds a successful model for consumers and investors that’s achieving positive outcomes.

The NDIS logo in front of a building

The budget forecast steep NDIS costs, but also allocated funds to review and support the scheme in sustainable ways that could contribute positively to the economy

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Behind the planning process sits an opaque system of automated decision-making. It rests on a generated plan, called a ‘typical support package’.

Kurt Fearnley and others including Bill Shorten

The original vision for the NDIS was that it would give people with disabilities a say in how services are delivered. The appointment of an NDIA chair who is disabled is a positive move.

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Some NDIS participants worry if they don’t spend their annual funds, they won’t be offered the same support in their next plan – and it’s harder for some to use what they’ve been allocated.

NDIS

Reports of large-scale NDIS fraud show it’s time to work with participants and involve them in oversight.

People protesting for support of NDIS

The short-term NDIS priorities for the new government are to rebuild trust and restore it to its original intention.

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Navigating the NDIS can be a bureaucratic nightmare for participants. Labor has pledged to review the system if elected.

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