In The Media | 19 October 2016

Disability group concern with NDIS board

They’re concerned about changes to the board of the agency overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme, principally that very few of the new faces know what it’s like to live with an impairment.

The posts have yet to be finalised but some of the nominees include executives from the financial services, telecommunications, tourism and community sectors.

The man credited as one of those behind the scheme’s birth, Bruce Bonyhady will be replaced by Helen Nugent, the chair of credit reporting agency Veda Group.

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations says the NDIS is at its heart a scheme about people with disability.

Source: 9news.com.au