Tag: NDIS
Perfect storm facing mental health
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MENTAL health services in the Barwon region are suffering a “perfect storm” of funding uncertainty, reduced services and difficulty coping with...
NDIS missing mental health clients, forum told
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG hosted a conference to monitor the progress of the National Disability Insurance Scheme this week as mental health advocates warned...
Inspect a gadget keeping Deb on the road despite MS
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NIFTY gadget on her car’s steering wheel has made a world of difference to Belmont’s Deb Haygarth.
With multiple sclerosis gradually...
Blowout risk in disabled taxis
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE disabled face “huge” cost blowouts for taxi travel under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) trial in Geelong, a parliamentary...
NDIS putting lives at risk as disability woes roll on
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Problems plaguing the Geelong-based National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) are risking the lives of disabled people, a parliamentary committee has heard.
Vanda...
NDIS fails to meet costs for disability support providers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DISABILITY support agencies are still losing money supplying the NDIS despite an increase in their rates, according to the boss at...
NDIS trial flawed, says review
By NOEL MURPHY
Critical shortcomings threaten the long-term prospects of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), according to a government-commissioned review.
The KPMG review identified “constraints”...
NDIS trial result mixed, feds hear
NATIONAL Disability Insurance Scheme trial site results have been “mixed”, admits Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews.
Mr Andrews told federal parliament the Abbott Government would...
NDIS Geelong is hurting users, says health expert
By NOEL MURPHY
A LEADING health economist has accused Geelong’s NDIS trial centre of deliberately cutting clients from services and funding, denying their rights and...
NDIS trial leaves clients worse off
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S NDIS trial is proving disastrous for people with disabilities as it cuts their existing services and refuses to provide new assistance.
“They’ve...
Double Take: Spin, sink and NDIS
THE iron curtain closes soon on adverse publicity for the NDIS.
That’s the implict warning from public service spin doctor Julie Lawrence, apparently on her...
NDIS left me helpless
MS victim's nightmare of red tape
By NOEL MURPHY
GROVEDALE MS sufferer Rob Goodman thought the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) would at least preserve...
Clarity needed on Victorian roads
The Geelong Independent looks back on our best Friday features for 2024.
Cassandra Moreland's son Liam Moreland, 20, and his best friend Ben Dines died...
