A fairer NDIS
Media, commentary, explainers and updates about our work to make the NDIS fairer for the people with disability who rely on it.
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Proposed NDIS reforms a blow to people with disability
The Government’s proposed reforms to the NDIS will unfairly limit access to the scheme for people with a range of serious disabilities, make the assessment process even less transparent, and undermine the ‘choice and control’ the scheme was designed to provide. PIAC’s concerns have been outlined in a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on…
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Proposed reforms risk perpetuating unfairness
We have joined the disability sector in raising concerns about the transparency and accountability of the Government’s proposed reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Under the reforms, important decisions about whether a person can access the NDIS and how much funding they receive in the scheme will be based on a mandatory independent…
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Open letter from the disability sector calls for greater accountability re NDIA settlement outcomes
PIAC has joined over 20 major organisations in the disability community in calling on the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to make public the details of appeal cases it is settling with scheme participants, to promote transparency, accountability, and an overall fairer system. Concerns about the scheme have been outlined in an open letter to…
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Three takeaways from the landmark ‘sex therapy’ case
Snapshot In National Disability Insurance Agency v WRMF, the Full Federal Court upheld an AAT decision in which the sex therapy services requested by an applicant under the NDIS were found to be a reasonable and necessary support. Except for where the NDIS Act or Rules expressly exclude a type of support, the legislation does not…
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Improving accountability around NDIS settlements
A key focus of our A Fairer NDIS work is on the publication of settlement outcomes following appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Currently, around 96% of cases before the AAT involving the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) are finalised by settlement. However, these settlement outcomes are not made public. PIAC is calling for the publication…
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Tune Review an important step, but more to do
PIAC welcomes many of the recommendations made in the report of the review of the NDIS undertaken by David Tune AO (the Tune Review) and calls for further reform in five key areas. Senior Solicitor, Chadwick Wong, who leads PIAC’s ‘A Fairer NDIS’ project said that the report is an important step in the development…
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New issues paper sets out proposals for reform
Reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to make it work better for people with disability have been outlined in our new Issues Paper, available here. The paper was published as part of our new project, A Fairer NDIS. The project aims to support and improve efficiency and effectiveness in the rollout of the…
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NDIS: Parliamentary report calls for ‘urgent action’
A report released by a parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme has called for ‘urgent action’ to improve the operation of the scheme. It has also fully adopted PIAC’s recommendation to publish Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) settlement outcomes, while protecting the privacy of applicants, in order to promote transparency around NDIA…
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A fairer NDIS: PIAC calls for more transparency re settlements
PIAC has called for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to make public the details of appeal cases it is settling with scheme participants, to promote transparency, accountability, and an overall fairer system for people with disability. This was a key point in our evidence before the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS in October.…