Disability advocates warn NDIS overhaul could put lives at risk and breach human rights
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Disability advocates and the disability discrimination commissioner have strongly criticized proposed reforms to Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), warning the changes could put lives at risk, break apart families, and undermine human rights obligations. The overhaul would move approximately 160,000 people from the $56-billion-a-year scheme to separate state-run supports, sparking fury among disabled Australians who fear catastrophic consequences.
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The overhaul – which would include about 160,000 people shunted from the $56-billion-a-year scheme to separate supports run by the states – could also undermine Australia's human rights obligations, the disability discrimination commissioner has warned.
Actor and disability advocate Hannah Diviney warned the legislation's consequences could be catastrophic, with people losing
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