BILL SHORTEN MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME
SHADOW MINISTER FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES
MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG

EMMA MCBRIDE MP
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CARERS
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR DOBELL

NDIS CUTS HURTING CENTRAL COAST FAMILIES

Central Coast families are struggling to cope with widespread cuts made to the National Disability Insurance Scheme under the Morrison-Joyce Government.

Millions of dollars have been slashed from NDIS participants’ plans across Australia, often without any explanation.

These cuts are heartless and are hurting Coasties who live with disability, their families, and their carers.

According to new data, the number of Australians challenging decisions by the National Disability Insurance Agency exploded by more than 300 per cent last year.

Victims of the cuts across Dobell include:

Greg, Bateau Bay: Greg is 47, lives with Multiple Sclerosis and last year, had an NDIS plan that was $10,000 short of what he needed for his core supports. When his mother, Beverly contacted the NDIS, she was told she would need to apply for interim funding until his plan was reviewed. This meant that Greg’s support workers went without any remuneration for three weeks because they knew it would be unconscionable for them to abandon Greg while he waited for the funding to come through.

People with disability, their families, and their carers are constantly being overlooked by the Morrison Government and its callous cost-cutting measures.

The NDIS was built to protect people living with disability, and these cuts are hurting them.

Australians living with disability should have choice and control, but the Morrison Government is ripping these freedoms away.

The NDIS must be protected for the future.

Only a Labor Government will do this because for Labor, disability care is a top priority.   

WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH, 2022