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Labor accuses Coalition of ‘stealth’ cuts to disability funding as other families complain about recent changes

Last modified on Fri 14 May 2021 18.34 EDT The agency that runs the national disability insurance scheme is seeking to increase the number of people that “exit” the scheme and reduce overall spending on funding packages through a “targeted review of existing participant plans”, internal documents show. Leaked documents last month revealed the agency had set up a Sustainability Action Taskforce (SAT) with the aim of slowing spending on participant plans and growth in participant numbers. The National Disability Insurance Agency has refused to discuss the actions of the task...

First published on Fri 23 Apr 2021 16.00 EDT The introduction of independent assessments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme would save the federal budget $700m and lead to smaller funding packages “on average”, according to secret government documents that contradict Coalition claims the policy is “not a cost-cutting measure”. Under proposed changes to the eligibility assessments process, participants would undergo a three-hour interview with a government-contracted allied health professional instead of submitting reports from their own treating specialists. Asked...

NDIS cost-cutting taskforce told to reduce growth in participants and spending Luke Henriques-Gomes © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP The agency that runs the national disability insurance scheme has quietly established a new taskforce aimed at cutting growth in funding packages and participant numbers. Guardian Australia has obtained an internal document, published below, that shows the National Disability Insurance Agency has created a new unit to make “short term, immediate changes” to the scheme, citing a forecast “cost overrun in 2021-22”. ...