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‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say

‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say
‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say
‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say
‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say
‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say

Sweeping changes to the way National Disability Insurance Scheme support plans are generated criticised amid fears they amount to ‘robo-planning’

Advocates have criticised sweeping changes to the way National Disability Insurance Scheme support plans will be generated as “robo-planning” that risks the lives of NDIS participants, and have called on the government to rethink the changes.

Guardian Australia revealed this week that under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, funding and support plans for participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, dramatically reducing human involvement in the process.

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Source Link ‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say
World news | The Guardian

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Liberal senator says repeated use of term ‘mass migration’ is inaccurate and ‘extremely unhelpful’

Liberal senator says repeated use of term ‘mass migration’ is inaccurate and ‘extremely unhelpful’
Liberal senator says repeated use of term ‘mass migration’ is inaccurate and ‘extremely unhelpful’
Liberal senator says repeated use of term ‘mass migration’ is inaccurate and ‘extremely unhelpful’
Liberal senator says repeated use of term ‘mass migration’ is inaccurate and ‘extremely unhelpful’
Liberal senator says repeated use of term ‘mass migration’ is inaccurate and ‘extremely unhelpful’

Andrew McLachlan has condemned the ‘inflammatory and irresponsible’ language being used in the Coalition’s debate over immigration levels

A Liberal senator has condemned the “inflammatory and irresponsible” language being deployed in the debate over immigration levels, challenging colleagues to approach the policy in a “respectful and honest way” or risk backlash from voters.

The South Australian backbencher Andrew McLachlan said the repeated use of the phrase “mass” migration to describe the rate of immigration was not only “technically inaccurate” but “extremely unhelpful”.

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Source Link Liberal senator says repeated use of term ‘mass migration’ is inaccurate and ‘extremely unhelpful’
World news | The Guardian