Another voice for a national disability insurance scheme

In an opinion piece in today's "The Australian" newspaper former Macquarie Bank boss, Bill Moss, added his voice to the calls for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

In the piece titled Disabilities fund a test of mettle, Mr Moss calls on the federal government to be brave and demonstrate genuine leadership and introduce a NDIS. You can read the opinion piece by following this link.

The government has refered the NDIS proposal to the Productivity Commission for a public inquiry.

The inquiry will look at:

• how a scheme should be designed and funded to better meet the long-term needs of people with disability, their families and carers

• how to determine the people most in need of support, the services that should be available to them, and service delivery arrangements

• the costs, benefits, feasibility and funding options of alternative schemes

• how the scheme will interact with the health, aged care, informal care, income support and injury insurance systems

• its impacts on the workforce

• how any scheme should be introduced and governed

• what protections and safeguards should be part of the scheme

A Draft Report is due for release in February 2011.

To find out more about the public inquiry follow this link.

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