‘Blood on your hands’: Hannah Diviney urges government to withdraw NDIS reform bill

Описание: Disability advocate and writer Hannah Diviney has sounded the alarm over sweeping changes that are set to reshape the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), telling the government: “When disabled people die as a direct result of this bill — and they will — their blood will be on your hands.”

A Senate inquiry into the government’s NDIS bill is holding three days of public hearings in Melbourne.

Almost all witnesses who have provided evidence so far have either called for amendments or for the bill to be delayed, with some arguing that the NDIS reset has not been subject to sufficient consultation.

The proposed changes to the NDIS would pave the way for about 300,000 people to be removed or denied access to the scheme over the next four years. It’s expected to save the government more than $38 billion over this time.

The new reforms will see all participants reassessed, with a new standardised, evidence-based tool — expected to be up and running by January 2028 — to determine eligibility.

Among those appearing before the inquiry, Hannah too believes the proposed changes would leave participants worse off.

“If the bill gets passed into legislation, the consequences will be dire, far-reaching and near impossible to undo,” she said.

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