Sherie Avalos posted on March 09, 2011 16:07
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform the lives of people with a disability, their families and carers in this country.
The Productivity Commission’s draft report released on Feb 28th has fully acknowledged that the current system for disability is “underfunded, unfair, fragmented and inefficient” and proposed an entirely new model with two separate schemes.
The aim is to enable people to:
- choose their own service providers and/or choose mainstream services
- request an intermediary to assemble the best package on their behalf
- cash out the funding allocation and direct it to their priority areas (There would be some controls over the last option).
The Commission suggests that the additional amount of money needed is $6.3 billion and proposes that the federal government fund this according to a legislated formula with payments directed from consolidated revenue into a National Disability Insurance Premium Fund.
The timeline is to set to start at the beginning of 2014, but only in one region of Australia, which the Commission says would allow for some fine tuning. The rollout to the rest of the nation would begin in 2015.
Please join Share Care at an open forum for all Australians who believe in equality and fairness, but is targeted at people with a disability, their families and carers. The forum will report back on the draft report of the productivity commission inquiry in to a disability life time care and support scheme. The forum will also discuss how we together can build a campaign in your community to make the dream of an NDIS a reality. To find out more about the campaign visit the website www.everyaustraliancounts.com.au
When:
Monday 4th April 2011
Time:
10:30 am
Where:
Club Liverpool, 185 George St, Liverpool
How do I RSVP?
Send an email with your name, contact number and attending Liverpool forum to