Introducing - A Nation Changed

On the 15th of May 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced legislation to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This was the result of years of research, advocacy and pleas from the community that the system supporting people with disability in this country was failing. In this podc…

Episode 1: Choice and Control

On the 15th of May 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced legislation to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme - the NDIS. This was the result of years of research, advocacy and pleas from the community that the system supporting people with disability was failing. In this episode, w…

Episode 2: A System Changed

Just a few days before the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was set to launch, Australian politics tumbled into chaos. Julia Gillard lost her job to a resurgent Kevin Rudd - with a federal election fast approaching. In this episode we look back on the events following the NDIS launch. Ho…

Episode 3: The NDIS in Action

Today, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supports more than 400,000 Australians with disabilities, many receiving this type of support for the very first time. In this episode, we hear different stories from people relying on the NDIS. You’ll learn what it takes to get on the scheme, …

Episode 4: The Future of Disability Support

More than seven years on, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has transformed disability support in Australia. The first of its kind around the world, the scheme no longer views disability support as a welfare system but as an insurance model. However, many believe this revolutionary so…

The Truth about Independent Assessments

Battlelines have been drawn between the disability community and government over the introduction of independent assessments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Some describe them as essential to creating fairness and reigning in costs of the NDIS. But for others, they represent the…