Tag: Marie Johnson

The DTA is missing in action, adrift

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
Now before people @me, I have long advocated for a far-reaching agenda for a ‘digital transformation’ institution. More on that shortly, but we are way off track. Even at...

NDIS algorithms and King Henry VIII powers

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
The political repudiation of the Commonwealth’s proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme by all States and Territories was far more than a routine stoush of the federation....

Govt scraps NDIS ‘robo-planning’ after states revolt

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has scrapped plans to introduce NDIS independent assessments – dubbed “robo-planning” by critics – after a complete lack of support from the states and territories. Minister...

Putting the $4b ‘Assistive Tech’ market at risk

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
The recent report on Human Rights and Technology by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) made a landmark statement on technology as an enabling human right, and called for...

‘Citizen-centric’ demolished by NDIS algorithms

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
After more than twenty years of ‘citizen centric’ strategies by governments around the world, this week saw the demolition in Australia of any pretence of citizen-centric, participant-centric, person-centric –...

Govt spending $250,000 each month on NDIS app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is spending just under $250,000 every month on developing a new NDIS app, as debate around the financial “sustainability” of the scheme continues. Questions have also...

‘Robo-planning’ will ‘blow-up’ NDIS: key architect

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s planned NDIS independent assessments are akin to “robo-planning” and will “blow up” the crucial scheme, one of its key architects says.  Melbourne Disability Institute director Professor Bruce...