A new independent body will review thousands of outstanding national disability insurance scheme legal appeals in an attempt to “cut the bullshit” for participants and applicants, the NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, has said.
Speaking to a disability advocacy group seminar on Tuesday, Shorten said the situation was “repellent and repugnant” for people with disability, who had been forced into an “opaque” appeals process.
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- Appeals processes, NDIS
- Author:
- Luke Henriques-Gomes
- Source:
- Guardian Australia
- Date published:
- Tue 20th Sep, 2022