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An open letter to all members of Australia’s next Federal Parliament
More than 50 disability advocacy organisations representing millions of Australians are urging the next Federal Parliament to reverse the “death by a thousand cuts” that is devastating the lives of people with disability and undermining the NDIS. In the Open Letter to Australia’s Future Parliament released today, the disability advocacy and support organisations are calling on future MPs to back key reforms that will ensure no one with disability who needs support is left behind. Read and sign the open letter here.
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New ILC grant rounds now open
Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) – the part of the NDIS that gets very little attention but is absolutely critical if we are ever to get better outcomes for people with disability and their families in this country.
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Minister Announces review of NDIS Act
The Government has just announced it will hold a review to look at the NDIS Act and rules, paving the way for their election commitment to introduce set timeframes for key NDIS processes.
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Parliament is making some changes to the NDIS Act – here’s what you need to know
The government is proposing to make changes to the NDIS Act which sets out how the NDIS should operate.
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Breaking: New inquiries into NDIS Planning and SIL announced
Now that the Federal election is over, Parliament has appointed its new 10 member Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS.
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Your message to the Minister
The Prime Minister and the new Minister for the NDIS have repeatedly said that fixing the NDIS is a top priority. What do they have in mind? Our EAC champions went to Canberra to find out.
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Health vs Disability – the good news for NDIS participants
Some good news late last week for all those sick of the argy bargy between the NDIS and health over who should pay for what.
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“We deserve to be heard”: An open letter about the NDIS by Melissa Norman
“My name is Melissa Norman, I am 23 years old and I’m writing this letter to highlight the problems people with disabilities experience on the NDIS.”
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Media release: Funding win for Disability Royal Commission – but advocates slam use of NDIS to bolster bottom line
Tonight’s announcement by Treasurer Frydenberg of more than $500 million being set aside for a Royal Commission into the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation experienced by people with disability, has left disability advocates overjoyed.
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The Proof is in the Portal
We recently posted about the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) quietly releasing their report on assistive technology for NDIS participants in December last year. But that was not the only report they released. On the Friday before Christmas, they released another really important report – looking at how IT for the NDIS was working.
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Why are we waiting?
At the end of last year the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) put out their report looking at what needs to be done to improve access to assistive technology for NDIS participants.
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Get to know the Every Australian Counts Champions: Spotlight on Carleeta
This year we’re going to be shining a spotlight on our hard working Every Australian Counts champions – and we’re starting with Carleeta!
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NSW Government Report says Just.Get.On.With.It.
Last week the New South Wales Legislative Council released the findings of an inquiry they held earlier in the year into how the the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is rolling out across NSW.
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Catching up with the NDIA: A chat with CEO Rob De Luca
At every NDIS Make it Work forum we have held around the country, we have been asked about changes people have heard the National Disability Insurance Agency are making to the NDIS planning process.
We have been asked so many questions we thought we had better get some answers. And no, we didn’t call the call centre – because we all know how THAT goes. We went straight to the top to the man who runs the NDIA – Rob De Luca.
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Empowerment, inclusion, and equality on the International Day of People with Disability
“Today Australians should not only take the time to talk about what the disability community has done, but also talk about what needs to be done to ensure a fairer and more inclusive nation.”
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Tried and Tested?
Late last week the National Disability Insurance Agency announced they would be trialling a new assessment process for some people with disability applying for support from the NDIS.
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University of Queensland students join the fight to make the NDIS work
The fight to get the NDIS back on track is spreading far and wide – and last week it hit the campus of the University of Queensland.
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New national guidelines for the diagnosis of autism
Last week, the Co-operative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC) published Australia’s first National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism.
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Get Us Out
Last week the Prime Minister announced the Australian Government would hold a Royal Commission into aged care. The Summer Foundation’s George Taleporos tells us why the Commission must make sure young people get the chance to get the hell out.
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Just Get On With It
Markets, Markets, Markets. We hear a lot about markets when it comes to the NDIS. But without attention to how markets are operating, the choice and control promised by the NDIS will become meaningless.
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Dylan Alcott Wins Sixth Grand Slam, but No One Is Allowed to Watch.
“They told me I had to play on an indoor (court) and spectators weren’t allowed.” Alcott said. Read on to find out more.
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Western and South Western Sydney kick off our Make It Work forums
Our first “Make It Work” forums took place in Sydney a few weeks ago and were a great success. Read on to find out more.
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People With Disability And Technology: Australian Human Rights Commission Panel
The Australian Human Rights Commission held its Human Rights and Technology Conference in Sydney yesterday.
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