Andrew Gibson, Author at Every Australian Counts

In The Media 10 April 2017

Cuts to the $22 billion NDIS behemoth would cost more in the long run

Everyone knows the National Disability Insurance Scheme is a great idea, but hopelessly over budget – an expensive Labor extravagance – right?

Don’t buy the lie.

In The Media 10 April 2017

Developers seizing on disability-friendly apartment opportunities as NDIS needs soar

For most of the last decade Amy Pilson could not escape a sense of loneliness and isolation.

In The Media 3 April 2017

Mental health carers urge against rolling support funding into NDIS

Mental health carers have urged a parliamentary inquiry to recommend the funding that supports their work looking after people with psychosocial disabilities be quarantined from the National Disability Insurance Agency.

In The Media 30 March 2017

People with disabilities now have their own relevant version of Yelp

Sites like Yelp give us options when it comes to the restaurants we visit or the doctors we see, but that choice hasn’t been equally shared.

In The Media 30 March 2017

Federal Court rules in favour of Victorian man over NDIS payment of transport costs

The Federal Court has upheld an appeal against the funding arrangements for transport under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In The Media 29 March 2017

NDIS housing rules for people with a disability could be life-changing

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Rules were tabled in federal parliament in mid-March. The new rules offer the possibility of an inclusive Australian society that enables those people with the highest disability-related support needs to have equal access to mainstream services including housing.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Fears life-saving mental health support at risk for thousands of Australians

Jane* has lived with severe depression and anxiety for the last 15 years outside a small town in rural Victoria.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Disability Groups Unite Against Mobility Allowance Cuts

Disability groups across the country have united in protest against proposed cuts that could leave people with disability without access to transport.

In The Media 29 March 2017

NDIS planning process leaves people with a disability fighting for support

Genni Buckingham has travelled to Las Vegas to see Celine Dion twice but her plan under the National Disability Insurance Scheme has left her struggling to travel a few suburbs away for essential medical appointments.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Five tips to prepare for the NDIS

WHETHER the NDIS is rolling out in your region tomorrow, in six months or in a year, you need to start getting ready now.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Social Justice Issues Remain High as Labor Sweeps into Power in WA

Social justice issues remain a major concern in Western Australia despite the Labor party’s landslide election victory at the weekend, according to the social services sector in that state.

In The Media 6 March 2017

NDIS enrolments surging, but at what expense?

The number of people joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) jumped dramatically in the last three months of 2016, according to official figures.

In The Media 6 March 2017

The Difference Between the WA NDIS and the Real NDIS

The WA National Disability Insurance Scheme is a deeply flawed agreement imposing unnecessary financial costs on all West Australians, writes the man credited with being the father of the NDIS, Bruce Bonyhady.

In The Media 6 March 2017

Porter hits out at WA over NDIS

The Federal Government has delivered an embarrassing smackdown to Premier Colin Barnett, rubbishing the report his Government used to justify taking State control of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In The Media 2 March 2017

NDIS Service Provider Rating Site Expands to NSW

Social enterprise Clickability, Australia’s first online platform to rate and review National Disability Insurance Scheme service providers, is expanding to New South Wales.

In The Media 2 March 2017

New fund ‘necessary’ for future of NDIS

The failure to pass laws creating a special savings account will put at risk the future of the national disability insurance scheme, the government has warned parliament.

In The Media 27 February 2017

Innovative Workforce Fund Open to Anyone

A $4 million fund to support projects that identify innovative ways of building and managing the disability workforce under the NDIS is calling for anyone with ideas to apply.

In The Media 27 February 2017

NDIS provides welcome break for a hard-working family

TAKING some time for yourself is an important part of any relationship.
When caring for a child with a disability, however, it can be difficult to achieve, as Mitchell resident Merle Searle knows.

In The Media 27 February 2017

NDIS: Report warns workforce understaffed in major cities, raises concerns over readiness

Parts of Australia’s biggest cities could struggle to attract enough disability workers for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a new report has warned.

In The Media 20 February 2017

Workplaces still see disability as barrier to employment, advocates say

Nick Schumi has been employed in youth work and the disability sector, but more recently has spent a year looking for a job

In The Media 20 February 2017

Feds Hold Key to NDIS Report as Issue Becomes Hot Topic for WA Election

The Western Australian government says its hands are tied on the release of a report comparing the two NDIS models trialled in Western Australia over the last three years as debate over the roll out of the WA scheme heats up in the election campaign.

In The Media 17 February 2017

NDIS debate: Pyne says Government has ‘no intention’ of increasing taxes to fund program

Senior Coalition Minister Christopher Pyne says the Government has no “absolutely no desire or intention” to increase taxes to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

In The Media 17 February 2017

Students with a disability face massive funding shortfall, Education Council figures suggest

Students with a disability face an enormous funding gap in Australian schools, new figures from the Productivity Commission and the Education Council appear to show.

In The Media 15 February 2017

A Social Network for People With Disability

Described as Facebook for people with disability, an inclusive and accessible social network has launched with the aim of creating a global disability community.

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