A list of the online news about NDIS compulsory assessements
March 11
Every Australian Counts
Disability sector statement on the Australian Government’s planned reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
ABC News
Disability organisations rally against proposal to introduce independent assessments
VIDEO: Disability advocates rally against proposed NDIS changes
Audio: Disability organisations rally against proposal to introduce independent assessments
Audio: Mornings with Alice Walker
The Guardian
‘Not the NDIS we fought for’: disability advocates fear new assessments driven by cost cutting
SBS News
Stuart Robert says there are no plans to halt NDIS reforms, as more groups voice concern
The Canberra Times
Disability groups warn against NDIS change
The National Tribune
NDS calls for rollout of compulsory NDIS assessments to cease
Disability Support Guide
Disability advocacy groups speak out against NDIS independent assessments
National Disability Insurance Agency
Media Statement
The Examiner
Government releases data on average National Disability Insurance Scheme payments
March 12
The Examiner
‘A bit scared’: mooted NDIS reforms a source of angst in Tasmania
The Conversation
‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped
The Chaser
Government adds literal hoops to jump through in order to receive NDIS funding
Insurance Business Australia
Disability groups warn against changes to disability support scheme
March 13
Vision Australia Radio
Leisure Link March 13
March 14
The Mandarin
‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped
March 16
Croakey
‘Dehumanising’ and ‘a nightmare’: why disability groups want NDIS independent assessments scrapped
March 17
The Guardian
NDIS assessments: ombudsman warns against rushing changes
March 18
ABC Radio Hobart
NDIS Minister Stuart Robert rejects any suggestion NDIS reforms are designed to save money in the scheme
ABC News
NDIS architect Bruce Bonyhady urges rethink of independent assessments
Eureka Street
The fight for the future of the NDIS
2ser
New NDIS Scheme – More Equitable or Just Cost-Cutting?
March 20
The Saturday Paper
The NDIS and government controls
March 22
Bendigo Advertiser
Bendigo family fears NDIS independent assessments will jeopardise daughter’s wellbeing
2ser
Are Independent Assessments a step backwards for NDIS?
Executive Career
Ex-NDIS head slams ‘robo-planning’
March 23
3RRR
Uncommon Sense – 23 March 2021
Every Australian Counts
An Open letter to Minister for the NDIS Stuart Robert
March 24
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
‘Material changes’ needed to NDIS independent assessments
March 25
ABC News
As the NDIS moves to independent assessments, these companies stand to profit from the change
VIDEO: Agency running NDIS defends potential conflicts of interests among contractors
SBS News
Senators question awarding of NDIS contracts as controversial independent assessment reforms loom
March 25
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald/Brisbane Times
Leaked laws reveal plan to kick Australians off the $22 billion NDIS
National Disability Insurance Agency
You said, we heard: Post-consultation reports available
Every Australian Counts
Making noise on NDIS compulsory assessments – MPs, Senators and the media
The Canberra Times
Disability scheme contract under question
ABC The Drum
Every Australian Counts
Making noise on NDIS compulsory assessments – MPs, Senators and the media
March 26
National Ethnic Disability Australia
NEDA expresses concern and outrage over leaked NDIS draft legislation
The Age
NDIS faces ‘king hit’ in secret overhaul
Sydney Morning Herald
Leaked laws reveal plan to kick Australians off the $22 billion NDIS
ABC Radio Melbourne
People with Disability Australia
MEDIA RELEASE: Leaked Plans To Reform The NDIS Lead To Crisis Talks Across Disability Sector
SBS
Stuart Robert hits back after disability advocates sound alarm over NDIS speculation
FARE and NOFASD
FARE and NOFASD raise concern about reports on exclusion of FASD from NDIS eligibility
ACTCOSS and AFI
Joint media release: NO CHOICE AND NO VOICE Mooted NDIS changes slammed
Herald Sun
Cuts to vulnerable are mean
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
‘One step forward and two steps back’: Carers, advocates slam leaked proposals for NDIS overhaul
March 28
The Guardian
Stuart Robert on ‘crusade’, says woman who hired sex worker on NDIS
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Shifty approach to reform will threaten consensus on NDIS
March 29
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Marise Payne the ‘prime minister for women’ as Morrison adds women’s taskforce in reshuffle
Pro Bono News
Leaked NDIS plan sparks anger among disability groups
‘Just a draft’ still means it was – or is – in the mix
ABC The Signal
AUDIO: Is the NDIS changing for the better?
InnovationAus
‘Guinea pigs’: Govt readies to launch NDIS app
Disability Support Guide
Draft NDIS proposal leaks with drastic changes
Reasonable & Necessary – Making sense of the NDIS podcast
What is the government planning to do to the NDIS?
March 30
9 News
Morrison government’s new ministry sworn in during virtual ceremony
SmartCompany
Lumary secures $17 million for tech designed to help service providers navigate the NDIS
SBS
‘A clearing house for duds’: Labor questions appointments to Government Services and NDIS portfolios
Griffith News
NDIS: implementation or impairment
National Disability Insurance Agency
NDIA releases consultation paper on best practice early intervention autism supports
March 31
Every Australian Counts
NDIS Autism consultations are “futile and frustrating” – this new consultation is a case in point
The Mandarin
The Briefing: Conflicts of interest claims and ‘independent assessments’ dog NDIS reform
April 1
Medical Republic
NDIA jumped the gun on independent assessments
April 2
The Guardian
Pressure grows on Morrison government to halt new NDIS assessment plan
April 3
The Saturday Paper
WhatsApp leak: ministers shut out of NDIS redraft
April 4
The Canberra Times
NDIS reforms face mounting opposition
April 5
SBS
Fears NDIS assessment reforms won’t meet needs of culturally diverse and Indigenous communities
The Canberra Times
NDIS new independent assessments concern participants and advocates for people with disability
April 6
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Secret documents show department inserted chapter into NDIS review
Crikey
No ‘independent’ reviews, of any kind
The Canberra Times
Pressure on minister to stop NDIS changes
7News
Renewed calls for Linda Reynolds to DUMP changes to NDIS
ABC News
VIDEO: Mounting opposition to plan for independent assessments
The Canberra Times
David Tune NDIS review ‘tampered’ to justify independent assessments: ALP
SBS News
Disability advocates urge Linda Reynolds to scrap NDIS independent assessments
April 7
ABC Radio National
AUDIO: Disability sector demands answers from Federal Government over “tampered” NDIS review
April 8
Innovation Aus
‘Unethical’: NDIS participants ‘lured’ into trials
The Wire
AUDIO: NDIS independent review not so independent after all
Government News
Proposed NDIS changes face pushback
April 9
The Canberra Times
Disability advocates lobby crossbench to sink NDIS reforms
April 10
The New Daily
NDIS funding fears on hold after government pauses controversial plans
The Guardian
‘Flawed, unethical and dangerous’: new NDIS assessments risk traumatising the vulnerable
The Saturday Paper
Robo-debt public servants now shaping the NDIS
April 11
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
‘No intention’: Reynolds dumps draft proposals to cut diagnosis-based NDIS funding
April 12
ABC Radio
Disability advocates call for less red tape
National Disability Insurance Agency
Participation in the Independent Assessment Pilot program
The Daily Telegraph
Aussie families devastated by NDIS cutbacks and decision delays
National Disability Insurance Agency
Participation in the Independent Assessment Pilot program
April 13
The Canberra Times
Crossbencher senator Stirling Griff won’t let NDIS overhaul sail through
‘A disgraceful statement’: ACT politicians clash over NDIS claims
The Guardian
NDIS cost-cutting taskforce told to reduce growth in participants and spending
The Australian
‘Secret’ plan to pare back NDIS
A Current Affair
Struggling Aussie families pushed to the brink by NDIS funding cuts
The Saturday Paper
Exclusive: Documents leaked from secretive NDIS taskforce
Every Australian Counts
Proposed changes to NDIS intervention for autistic children
April 14
Crikey
Linda Reynolds set to be pushed over ‘glass cliff’ for man-made NDIS shitstorm
AusPostScare and NDIScare — harbingers of an election campaign to come?
The Canberra Times
Plans for NDIS ‘razor gang’ revealed in leaked memo
ABC Radio
Advocacy groups calling for an immediate hold on NDIS overhaul
Tasmanian Examiner
NDIS changes undermine choice, Tasmanian advocates say, as independent assessments approach
Innovation Aus
Robert’s influence on govt service delivery to remain
Every Australian Counts
I quit my job with the NDIS in protest against independent assessments
April 15
The Canberra Times
NDIS reform halted: Will Reynolds act on what she hears?
Disability scheme assessment change paused
NDIS reforms put on hold
The Australian
NDIS revamp put on the back-burner
The Guardian
Linda Reynolds puts compulsory NDIS assessments on pause
Pro Bono News
Disability advocates welcome move to pause independent assessments
SBS News
Amid ‘enormous backlash’, the government hits pause on NDIS independent assessments
Daily Mail
Disability scheme assessment change paused
ABC Radio
Minister pauses plan for mandatory NDIS assessments
Every Australian Counts
Joint media statement from disability advocacy organisations on NDIS assessments
NDIS compulsory assessments paused – but the fight for the NDIS is far from over
April 16
The Australian
NDIS reform on hold for months
The Canberra Times
Disability ministers to meet again in July
April 17
The Saturday Paper
The restructuring of the NDIS
Morrison’s delivery failures pile up
April 18
The Guardian
NDIA hired research company to sell controversial changes to staff and public, leaks reveal
April 19
Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Media release: Opportunity to provide short statements at upcoming hearings
The Medical Republic
NDIS independent assessments put on ice
Crikey
Aged care mess illustrates what faces the NDIS if cost overruns are key to reform
The Australian
NDIS approval a week too late to save Liam Danher
National Disability Insurance Agency
Communique from Disability Reform Ministers’ Meetings
April 20
The Canberra Times
Calls to halt controversial NDIS trials of independent assessments
The Guardian
AUDIO: Why is the Coalition changing the NDIS?
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