Proposed NDIS eligibility tightening risks worsening gender inequities, Senate inquiry hears
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Sophie Yates
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Summary
Public hearings are examining the Australian government's proposed NDIS bill to tighten eligibility and cut costs. The Senate inquiry heard that the bill risks worsening existing gender inequities in the NDIS, where women and girls already make up only 38% of participants. Women are less likely to access the scheme for their own disabilities and more likely to be carers, and the proposed changes could further exclude them.
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Men outnumber women in every age category (except for 55 and over) and dominate nearly every disability type within the scheme.
If the bill passes in its current form, it risks entrenching gender inequities in the NDIS and further excluding women and girls.
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