The Minister for the NDIS has defended a leaked marketing strategy for controversial independent assessments reforms after Labor accused the government of attempting to trick the public into supporting the proposed changes.
The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme has defended a leaked marketing strategy for controversial independent assessments reforms after Labor accused the government of attempting to trick the public into supporting the proposed changes.
“It is designed to address concerns we have heard across the nation about the independent assessments process,” she said. “This is what we’ve heard and need to action and communicate." An NDIA representative told the hearing a team of five or six employees worked on the proposed plan, describing the reference to being “seen” to be listening as “us genuinely identifying that we need to make changes”.
“The data demonstrates absolutely, it is unequivocal, that the electorate where you live makes a difference and it shouldn’t. That is why we need independent assessments.”Disability discrimination commissioner reveals his NDIS independent assessment trial was 'unsatisfactory'
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