An ACCC taskforce may well prove effective in controlling unfair overcharging and NDIS costs. But the scheme’s pricing model could also use a redesign.
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Structuring the NDIS around principles of choice and control recognised that not having those things puts people with disability in more vulnerable situations. That’s true for support workers, too.
Practical reforms are on the table when it comes to disability housing. But there are also potential traps that won’t promote choice.
Many people in the disability community are distressed by the plan to register all NDIS providers. There could be a more nuanced approach that preserves their wishes.
Washer-dryers and Thermomixers might not seem like disability supports at first glance. But excluding them from NDIS funding could limit the independence of people with disability.
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Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Summer Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Professor of Acquired Brain Injury, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Disability Program, Grattan Institute
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Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW