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Archive for July 12th, 2022
NDIS failed in remote areas, inquiry told
The disability royal commission has been told the National Disability Insurance Scheme has failed in remote Indigenous communities. July 12, 2022 The National Disability Insurance Scheme has failed in remote Indigenous communities across northern Australia, a royal commission has been told. The market-based model relies on funding for disabled people’s care driving the growth of […]
Life tougher under NDIS, inquiry told
The disability royal commission has been told an Indigenous woman’s life in a remote Northern Territory town became tougher after the NDIS started. July 12, 2022 A wheelchair-bound Indigenous woman’s life has been tougher in the remote Northern Territory since the National Disability Insurance Scheme started, an inquiry has heard. Mother-of-three Emily Sherwood lives in […]
Aboriginal culture ‘misunderstood’ by NDIS
The disability royal commission has been told the agency does not understand Indigenous people’s lives in remote Australia. July 12, 2022 The National Disability Insurance Agency does not understand Indigenous culture or how people living in remote parts of Australia live, the disability royal commission has been told. The inquiry has turned its attention to the treatment […]