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Opinion 4 November 2021

A huge crowd of people with disability, families and workers at Fed Square at the 2012 EAC NDIS Make it Real Rally. Most people are wearing red Every Australian Counts teeshirts

NDIS was transformational for Australians living with disability

Of all the disappointments from the last decade of Australian political dysfunction, the National Disability Insurance Scheme is not one of them.

News 25 October 2021

Inquiries into NDIS, Independent Assessments, and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission have been released by the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS

A huge report on NDIS independent assessments has just been released. Here’s our very quick summary of what the Joint Standing Committee said they heard, and what they recommend the Federal Government and NDIA should do next.

Opinion 5 November 2020

Toprn out newspaper and media release clippings about the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Ann Marie Smith, and the Robertson Report

Choice and control, advocacy and relationships – keys to addressing abuse and neglect

This year we learned of the horrific and tragic death of Ann Marie Smith. Her death prompted a police investigation (which is still ongoing), the creation of a taskforce in South Australia and a review into the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission by the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS.

News 29 October 2020

Putting NDIS assessments to the test

More information about the introduction of compulsory assessments for all new and existing NDIS participants has been released over the last few weeks.

News 14 May 2020

An older man, a wheelchair user sits at the end of a kitchen bench looking into the distance. There is a fire hydrant on the wall behind him, and blurry bread and butter on the bench in the foreground.

Keep kicking at the bricks …

Yesterday the Joint Standing Committee into the NDIS released a report into Supported Independent Living (or SIL for short). And once again the committee made a bunch of practical and sensible recommendations which would really make a difference to people with disability and their families.

News 20 January 2020

Red phone on yellow background. Text reads "Tune Review released”

Singing to the same old tune: NDIS Tune Review report released

Today the Federal Government released the findings of the Tune Review into the NDIS. First the good news – the recommendations are all things we have have been banging on about for ages. But the bad news – no government response yet.

News 20 January 2020

Screenshot of the front cover of the plain English summary of the Tune review.

Media release: Same old tune – now for some action: Disability group calls for action on NDIS review

Grassroots disability advocacy group Every Australian Counts is calling on the Federal Government to release their response to the recent review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

News 4 December 2019

Mockup of an example plan with a giant red "draft" stamp on it.

And the Committee’s verdict? Just get on with it!

With all the busyness of International Day of People with Disability yesterday it was easy to miss that the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS released the first of their reports – this one is all about planning.

And from the very first page they have made it abundantly clear they share your frustration with the slow pace of change.

Opinion 21 May 2019

Photo of Ricky Buchanen. She is lying on a bed, looking up at a computer screen which is mounted above her for use from a lying down position in bed. There are bits and pieces around, including a checklist for carers, and some other assistive tech.

Becoming visible: A chat with Ricky Buchanan

How is the NDIS working for people who can’t leave their homes?

News 21 September 2018

Parliament house in yellow, behind a copy of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Market readiness for provision of services under the NDIS September 2018 report

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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