Sure, never said it isn’t helping people, but I’ve seen the receipts for a diabetic who requested assistance purchasing orthopaedic shoes and they gave him $32k.
He was limited to spending $500 on the shoes he’d asked for and the rest of the funds were for housing modifications for accessibility… that he didn’t need.
So he didn’t get his shoes and they spent way too much.
There is waste, it is costing too much, it isn’t sustainable without taxing the mining companies and Labor won’t touch that after losing multiple elections over it.
When I was last looking for work one of my contacts told me she could get me a job in a couple of days, pretty much guaranteed and good money. The job was admin in relation to an NDIS provider. I asked why they were paying so well and she told me they have ridiculous staff turn over so they pay high to try to retain the people they can.
The causes of the staff turn over were apparently almost entirely externalities. People getting abused for the work they do, primarily but mixed with a fair degree of uncertainty about long term career prospects.
It seems to me this is one of the primary ways that this can be kept front and center. Make sure everyone who uncritically watches Sky News (or whatever they call that slop these days) is angry about it, make sure there is uncertainty at every potential point of failure, keep the money scared. I’m not saying the program deserves unwavering support, but having it as this constantly demonised and criticised topic feels a lot like setting it up to fail.
AUKUS on the other hand can fuck right off, that shit was a horrific deal from day dot, pissed off our more stable allies and painted a target on our coastlines in the event we ever actually needed to use the program.
Fully agree about taxing the mining companies though, if the owners can afford to buy both politicians and the media they are not paying anywhere near enough tax.
The Coalition voted with Labor in the Senate on Tuesday evening to pass the sweeping changes, which are intended to curb the structural bloat of a scheme that costs more than $50 billion annually.
The overhaul is expected to save an estimated $37.8 billion over the next four years alone.
Sure, never said it isn’t helping people, but I’ve seen the receipts for a diabetic who requested assistance purchasing orthopaedic shoes and they gave him $32k.
He was limited to spending $500 on the shoes he’d asked for and the rest of the funds were for housing modifications for accessibility… that he didn’t need.
So he didn’t get his shoes and they spent way too much.
There is waste, it is costing too much, it isn’t sustainable without taxing the mining companies and Labor won’t touch that after losing multiple elections over it.
When I was last looking for work one of my contacts told me she could get me a job in a couple of days, pretty much guaranteed and good money. The job was admin in relation to an NDIS provider. I asked why they were paying so well and she told me they have ridiculous staff turn over so they pay high to try to retain the people they can.
The causes of the staff turn over were apparently almost entirely externalities. People getting abused for the work they do, primarily but mixed with a fair degree of uncertainty about long term career prospects.
It seems to me this is one of the primary ways that this can be kept front and center. Make sure everyone who uncritically watches Sky News (or whatever they call that slop these days) is angry about it, make sure there is uncertainty at every potential point of failure, keep the money scared. I’m not saying the program deserves unwavering support, but having it as this constantly demonised and criticised topic feels a lot like setting it up to fail.
AUKUS on the other hand can fuck right off, that shit was a horrific deal from day dot, pissed off our more stable allies and painted a target on our coastlines in the event we ever actually needed to use the program.
Fully agree about taxing the mining companies though, if the owners can afford to buy both politicians and the media they are not paying anywhere near enough tax.
then you’ll like reading this
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/ndis-changes-pass-after-labor-strikes-deal-with-coalition/107051964
The Coalition voted with Labor in the Senate on Tuesday evening to pass the sweeping changes, which are intended to curb the structural bloat of a scheme that costs more than $50 billion annually.
The overhaul is expected to save an estimated $37.8 billion over the next four years alone.