Linda Reynolds says over 90% of appeals are settled early but advocates claim some organisations are ‘overwhelmed’ by unprecedented demand
“It’s obviously very topical at the moment,” Reynolds said. “I think the context of this is really important … Remembering we’ve got half a million people now on the scheme, the overall percentage of people who are going through to the AAT appeals process is still minuscule.
The latest NDIA quarterly report said on Friday there were 4,265 open AAT cases at March 2022, compared with 518,668 participants in the scheme. The disability community have argued the AAT process can be traumatic for people with disability and on Sunday,in which a New South Wales man in his 20s spent his last months fighting in the AAT for denied supports.
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