The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is proud to host
NDIS New World: Disability in the 21st Century Conference and Trade Show to be held at the Brisbane Conference and Exhibition Centre from 27-29 October 2015.
This groundbreaking conference will be a dynamic exchange between people with disability, technology experts, entrepreneurs, policy makers and service providers, along with a vibrant exhibition and trade show and top national and international speakers.
NDIS Newsletter, July 2015
Disability Loop Newsletter #5.2, July 2015
Disability Loop Newsletter #6 August 2015
Every Australian Counts News Hub
You can catch up with news from the Every Australian Counts campaign for the implementation of the NDIS here, and/or subscribe to weekly news updates, distributed by email
Easy English fact sheet on the Ombudsman and the (NDIS)
NSW CID eNews, August 2015
The NSW Ombudsman has released an Easy English fact sheet on the Ombudsman and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The fact sheet includes information on how to complain about a service, what you can complain about, who can complain, what happens when you complain, and whether you can complain about the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to the NSW Ombudsman. More information and fact sheet download.
Carers and the NDIS Survey
More people benefitting from the NDISCarers and the NDIS Survey
Carers Australia
Please complete this survey if you are a family or friend carer that provides unpaid care and support to a person with disability who has a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support plan. We would be very interested in your feedback on your experiences with the NDIS.
Carers Australia has been funded by the NDIS Sector Development Fund to collect feedback on how the NDIS is impacting on family and friend carers.
The Implementation of the NDIS: Who Wins, Who Loses?Jenny Green and Jane Mears, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal, Vol.6, No.2, 2014
The National Disability Insurance Scheme, well into its pilot phase with bipartisan support, looks clear to be the future of support for Australians with disability. This paper takes a timely review of key research and reports, analysing the potential benefits and disadvantages of the person-centred approach on which the scheme is premised. It addresses these through the frame of services, employees and people with disability in the Australian context. Whilst there are potentially overwhelming benefits there are also potentially major losses ...
Please complete this survey if you are a family or friend carer that provides unpaid care and support to a person with disability who has a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support plan. We would be very interested in your feedback on your experiences with the NDIS.
Carers Australia has been funded by the NDIS Sector Development Fund to collect feedback on how the NDIS is impacting on family and friend carers.
The Implementation of the NDIS: Who Wins, Who Loses?Jenny Green and Jane Mears, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal, Vol.6, No.2, 2014
The National Disability Insurance Scheme, well into its pilot phase with bipartisan support, looks clear to be the future of support for Australians with disability. This paper takes a timely review of key research and reports, analysing the potential benefits and disadvantages of the person-centred approach on which the scheme is premised. It addresses these through the frame of services, employees and people with disability in the Australian context. Whilst there are potentially overwhelming benefits there are also potentially major losses ...
NDIS in the media
Senator Mitch Fifield's media release on the NDIS Quarter 4 (2014-15) report, 17th August 2015
17,300 People on NDIS
17,300 People on NDIS
ProBono News Australia, 18th August 2015
... People with Disability Australia President, Craig Wallace, told Pro Bono Australia News that he was satisfied with the progress made this quarter, “despite some of the early alarm that we saw 18 months ago and talk that the scheme wasn’t on track to meet targets”.
“The scheme appears to be moving closer to the bilateral target, the costs are on track and the struts of the scheme seem to be moving into place as expected,” Wallace said ...
Govt moves to quash rumours of 'Razor Gang' cuts and delays to NDIS roll-out
... People with Disability Australia President, Craig Wallace, told Pro Bono Australia News that he was satisfied with the progress made this quarter, “despite some of the early alarm that we saw 18 months ago and talk that the scheme wasn’t on track to meet targets”.
“The scheme appears to be moving closer to the bilateral target, the costs are on track and the struts of the scheme seem to be moving into place as expected,” Wallace said ...
Govt moves to quash rumours of 'Razor Gang' cuts and delays to NDIS roll-out
Peta Donald, The World Today (ABC Radio), 18th August 2015
The Federal Government is insisting today that it has no plans for cuts or delays to the multibillion dollar National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) ...Don’t mess with the NDIS
El Gibbs, Blunt Shovels, 18th August 2015
... The genesis of the scheme – what was that again? Oh yes, I remember. That would have been the Shut Out report, then the Productivity Commission hearings and report, and the Every Australian Counts campaign. The reports that so many people poured their heart and soul into. The ones that said that the NDIS was needed to stop a blow out in support costs, and to restore some basic rights and dignity to disabled Australians. Yes, that genesis.
And complexity? The NDIS is a market-driven system, where individuals are able to buy the supports they need in a competitive environment. Now, if that’s not right up a Coalition government’s alley, I don’t know what is. But just in case, here’s an explainer I prepared for the Treasurer earlier ...
Stop, go back, the NDIS board shake-up is going the wrong way
Simon Darcy, The Conversation, 31st July 2015
For any public policy reform to be successful, it needs to be appropriate, effective and efficient. At the heart of achieving such an outcome is good governance. This requires a balance of more than business skills and an understanding of the insurance industry.
The balancing of skillsets on the NDIA board requires an understanding beyond the corporate sector. There, the business of disability is only one part of the equation. Fifield must understand that any change to the board should be true to the underlying philosophy of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the desires of people with disability to have a say in their future ...
Big hopes NDIS will deliver jobs and services to Aboriginal people in remote areas
John Stewart, Lateline (ABC TV), 30th July 2015
... One solution to getting the NDIS into remote areas is to have service providers employ local people. The Aboriginal Disability Network said the NDIS was likely to create a jobs boom in the disability sector, and many of the jobs could be done by Aboriginal people.
But Ms Riemer said that would depend on whether or not the disability service providers were prepared to train Aboriginal staff ...
And complexity? The NDIS is a market-driven system, where individuals are able to buy the supports they need in a competitive environment. Now, if that’s not right up a Coalition government’s alley, I don’t know what is. But just in case, here’s an explainer I prepared for the Treasurer earlier ...
Stop, go back, the NDIS board shake-up is going the wrong way
Simon Darcy, The Conversation, 31st July 2015
For any public policy reform to be successful, it needs to be appropriate, effective and efficient. At the heart of achieving such an outcome is good governance. This requires a balance of more than business skills and an understanding of the insurance industry.
The balancing of skillsets on the NDIA board requires an understanding beyond the corporate sector. There, the business of disability is only one part of the equation. Fifield must understand that any change to the board should be true to the underlying philosophy of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the desires of people with disability to have a say in their future ...
Big hopes NDIS will deliver jobs and services to Aboriginal people in remote areas
John Stewart, Lateline (ABC TV), 30th July 2015
... One solution to getting the NDIS into remote areas is to have service providers employ local people. The Aboriginal Disability Network said the NDIS was likely to create a jobs boom in the disability sector, and many of the jobs could be done by Aboriginal people.
But Ms Riemer said that would depend on whether or not the disability service providers were prepared to train Aboriginal staff ...
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