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Here’s why planned NDIS reforms discriminate against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of the greatest human services reform in Australia’s history, and holds great promise in improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with disability.
Author ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
But the federal government’s proposed “independent assessments” aren’t the way forward for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people with a disability.
I’m a Koori bloke from the Yuin Nation who lives with disability and has a research career spanning nearly 20 years. The biggest problem I have with the proposed framework is that it’s disrespectful and discriminatory towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of the greatest human services reforms in Australia’s history, and holds great promise in improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with disability.
But the federal government’s proposed “independent assessments” aren’t the way forward for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people with a disability.
I’m a Koori bloke from the Yuin Nation who lives with disability and has a research career spanning nearly 20 years. The biggest problem I have with the proposed framework is that it’s disrespectful and discriminatory towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Disclosure statement
Anastasia Powell receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Australia s National Organisation for Women s Safety (ANROWS). Anastasia is also a member of the board of directors of Our Watch, Australia s national organisation for the prevention of violence against women and their children. She teaches students in the Graduate Certificate of Domestic & Family Violence at RMIT University.
Lisa Harris received funding from The Salvation Army for the evaluation of the Taskforce Alexis FV Response project and VCOSS for the evaluation of the workforce development project - Enhanced Pathways into Family Violence Work. Lisa is also a member of No To Violence Victoria.
Australia spent record $18.4b on software
May 6, 2021 – 12.01am
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Australian businesses spent more on software during the 2020 pandemic year than in any other year on record, showing that the crisis forced companies to adapt to a rapidly digitalised world.
All up, $18.4 billion was spent on software including both purchased software and software developed in-house, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This was up from $18 billion in calendar 2019, $17 billion in 2018 and $15.75 billion in 2017.
The pandemic crisis accelerated the digital uptake of companies across the economy – from grocery retailers Woolworths and Coles to the big banks and government departments.
Software is classified as an intangible capital investment, recorded as one of four intellectual property products in the official national accounts. It is a bigger intangible IP investment than any of the other three categories.