Oh, but they are, and they've already codified shower cuts into operational guidelines.

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07.19 AEST NDIS savings redirected to aged care Tom McIlroy Tom McIlroy The health minister, Mark Butler, will detail savings from the NDIS on Wednesday, and reveal that some of the savings will go to help older Australians with the provision of essential services like showering, dressing support and continence management. Labor is winding back elements of its aged care reforms, removing out-of-pocket costs for non clinical services in the Support at Home scheme. The government has faced criticism from advocates for elderly people, experts and aged care providers, who said these personal care services are essential for people’s independence and ability to stay at home. The minister for aged care, Sam Rae, said the changes will be effective from 1 October this year. Showering, dressing, continence care – these aren’t optional extras. They’re the basics of ageing with dignity, and no older Australian should miss out because of cost. Older Australians, their families and providers told us these services needed to be protected. We’ve listened, and we’re acting.

Don't you fucking dare pit one group of disabled Australians against another

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Do the government have no functioning memory of how appallingly inhumane and damaging Robodebt was?

Or are they simply desperate to abrogate all responsibility for NDIS decision-making?

Could we just have a NDIS that doesn't spend half its budget trying to find ways not to provide services to people who need them, and just spending that money on the services?

Means testing the NDIS would punish people with disability for working.
That’s not sustainability. That’s a step backwards.
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#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts

Everyone should read this before forming opinions on the #NDIS.

It’s not just an intellectual question, it’s life and death.

People have already died. Children have already died.

Every dollar spent on NDIS returns $2.25 to the economy.

NDIS is affordable, we just need tax reform.

#AusPol

We will undoubtedly hear more about NDIS integrity this week. Less likely: Discussion of the historical debt review findings, or further detail which deserves public scrutiny. Friendly reminder:… | ... We will undoubtedly hear more about NDIS integrity this week. Less likely: Discussion of the historical debt review findings, or further detail which deserves public scrutiny. Friendly reminder: •...

Probably missing from #NDIS integrity talk this week as Labor justifies harsh cuts: Any mention of that historical debt review or further details on the 24% of participant debts revoked.

Friendly reminder: The lists don't solve this and participants have no review rights to dispute a debt. #Auspol

Government advisory group urges delay of NDIS 'robo' changes The federal government has been urged by its own NDIS advisory group to delay the rollout of a controversial new way of determining support plans for participants.

Instead of submitting evidence of their disability from doctors, participants will be interviewed by an assessor, who then feeds their findings into a computer program.

That algorithm will then spit out a budget to be approved or rejected by an NDIS employee www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

The question is not one of policy success or failure, but simply how many people will suffer catastrophic outcomes as a result of automated systems denying crucial supports and care

Submission to NDIS Integrity Inquiry - Cat Walker | Cat Walker My NDIS Integrity submission published today asks the Committee to remember three things throughout the inquiry: 1. To remember that integrity can coexist with sustainability, flexibility and faithf...

My submission to the #NDIS integrity inquiry was published today.

My 16 recos address impacts of one-sided 'integrity' discourse and ask the Committee to place dignity and rights at the centre of its inquiry and proposed measures.

Where are the crosshairs on Agency claims or practices? 🤷‍♀️

#Auspol

How many are already ineligible for DSP due to the partner income test, when NDIS reforms already threaten the support so many need to make participation in meaningful paid (and taxed) work possible?

How many would be at even higher risk of DV if this happened?!

We have been asking for honesty and transparency on this since the NDIS Review. It is beyond offensive to the disability community that the Government appears intent on having this discussion via… |... We have been asking for honesty and transparency on this since the NDIS Review. It is beyond offensive to the disability community that the Government appears intent on having this discussion via me...

Not answered in any of Butler's consent-for-cuts media commentary: Exactly who he reckons should be defined as a National Priority Cohort for Foundational Supports.

Of COURSE they won't be worse off sharing a capped $10 billion envelope with Thriving Kids ... over FIVE YEARS.

#Auspol #NDIS

The sustainability beat-up on Autistic Aussies is based on a myth. Quit falling for it. | Cat Walker I am begging the media and public to question the NDIA's primary disability obsession before punching down on autistic NDIS participants in preparation for the Budget of Disabled Doom. I am begging y...

I am absolutely done with government + media punching down on autism with a tired narrative based on a decade of compromised data a.k.a the primary disability fallacy.

Happy #AutismAwareness month, brace yourselves for more of it pre-budget. 😓

#Auspol #NDIS

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Well, I used to think their main takeaway was how to legislatively cover themselves next time, but it would seem even that is increasingly in doubt.

‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears Department says it’s received 834 requests for a review of tool’s assessments since it launched in November

Yet, just yesterday, the NDIA sent out a newsletter worded to implicitly frame those raising the same concerns about upcoming NDIS changes – with rules, policy + algorithms overseen by the SAME Department – as untrustworthy.

#Auspol #NDIS #AgedCare #ADM

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"Job providers are still refusing phone appts, forcing welfare recipients to travel. How bad does the fuel crisis need to get before g'ment considers suspending obligations?"

Government says they take action against providers who do the wrong thing. Everyone, even the Ombudsman, knows this a lie

Good on Jarrod Sandwell-Hay (vice president of PWDA) serving it back to former chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth

Black and white photographs of Parramatta Centenary Uniting Church. People are seated at tables on a raised stage and on the ground floor, engaged in discussions and working on laptops. A large wooden cross is visible on the brick wall behind the stage. People focused on their laptops, printed materials and a QR code flyer are visible on the table. Other attendees are seated in the background. Other people standing together, smiling and laughing. Some attendees are visible mingling in the background near the entrance. CLDC in full launch!

My lawyer Nick Hanna (@nicholashanna1 on insta) + his colleagues have started a not-for-profit law centre Civil Liberties Defence Centre (@thecldc on insta) that will provide pro bono assistance to people facing legal issues like me. Please support them at cldc.org.au

How many of the 2000 are for the needs assessments (using a tweaked version of a tool not even the original version of which has been validated for all NDIS cohorts), including non-practitioner assessors?

How many of the rest are in compliance? While we still don't have review rights for s45/s46?

The amount of disinfo allowed in political ads kn this country is soo fucking disgusting 🤬

Wouldn't matter if the providers were ready, the interface dramas are baked into rules now. Hands washed. Not NDIA's problem.

Type deleted more times than I care to admit, because rage.

A written statement from artist James Hillier / Nordacious regarding contact from Queensland Police about artworks containing slogans recently criminalised under new Queensland hate speech laws. The second image shows three Nordacious illustrations - with the words on their clothing and signage obscured by yellow and red CENSORED stamps.

A statement regarding recent contact from Queensland Police about my work.

Screenshots of media coverage featuring Brisbane artist James Hillier / Nordacious, including articles from The Guardian and Brisbane Times, QNews, and a Channel 9 News segment, regarding Queensland Police contact over artworks allegedly violating new Queensland hate speech laws

This week has been a lot. Cannot thank you enough for the solidarity I've felt. Community is everything. 🖤🍉

None are free until all are free 🕊️

See replies about data lake etc.

No idea if any contract, but the data analytics and how this translates to a) behavioural nudges (computer says it's on the out list, you sure you want to proceed?) or b) 'non-compliant' payment rejections have me concerned.

Human oversight is no safety guarantee.

Morrison's 'welfare cop' speech reads: "This system will pay for itself over time, but what it will also do is pay for itself by giving those who work in our system to crack down on welfare fraud and on integrity issues, the sort of tools they need to be an effective welfare cop on the beat. They need that support and the technology and the systems that a new system will be able to deliver. They already make great strides in this area to crack down on welfare fraud using the tools they already have, but it is using very, very out-dated technology. So we need this system to ensure that we can provide better service, that we can ensure greater integrity in the services that we deliver to people who need them and to shut out those who want to take a loan of the system. Let’s not forget eight out of ten income tax payers go to work every single day in order to pay for the welfare system and the $150 billion bill that is there for taxpayers. Now they deserve, those taxpayers, deserve the confidence of a system that is efficient, that is a system that ensures we can crack down on fraud and ensure the integrity of that system so every dollar spent in our welfare system goes to people who really need it, because that’s what our welfare system is all about."

And yes, you would think if the NDIA or Labor wanted to avoid Robodebt comparisons, they could have picked a more creative name than one plagiarised from Morrison’s “welfare cop” speech.

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I made a 26 page submission to the #NDIS Integrity inquiry <24hrs after contributions opened.

Until that one is published, here is the sub I made on key integrity issues the week prior, before the current inquiry was announced.

Follow-up re Crack Down on Fraud data lake use-cases in progress.

Morrison's 'welfare cop' speech reads: "This system will pay for itself over time, but what it will also do is pay for itself by giving those who work in our system to crack down on welfare fraud and on integrity issues, the sort of tools they need to be an effective welfare cop on the beat. They need that support and the technology and the systems that a new system will be able to deliver. They already make great strides in this area to crack down on welfare fraud using the tools they already have, but it is using very, very out-dated technology. So we need this system to ensure that we can provide better service, that we can ensure greater integrity in the services that we deliver to people who need them and to shut out those who want to take a loan of the system. Let’s not forget eight out of ten income tax payers go to work every single day in order to pay for the welfare system and the $150 billion bill that is there for taxpayers. Now they deserve, those taxpayers, deserve the confidence of a system that is efficient, that is a system that ensures we can crack down on fraud and ensure the integrity of that system so every dollar spent in our welfare system goes to people who really need it, because that’s what our welfare system is all about."

And yes, you would think if the NDIA or Labor wanted to avoid Robodebt comparisons, they could have picked a more creative name than one plagiarised from Morrison’s “welfare cop” speech.

formerministers.dss.gov.au/15909/media-...

I made a 26 page submission to the #NDIS Integrity inquiry <24hrs after contributions opened.

Until that one is published, here is the sub I made on key integrity issues the week prior, before the current inquiry was announced.

Follow-up re Crack Down on Fraud data lake use-cases in progress.

And the OAIC decision to grant with NDIA's justifications for 15AB extension (on p.4) is here: www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1425...