Tag: ndia

NDIS tech still in ‘infancy’, nearly 10 years later

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The tech system underpinning the National Disability Insurance Scheme is still in its “infancy” despite being launched nearly a decade ago, and this was compounded by the agency being...

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...

‘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 –...

Push for NDIS to explain ‘cookie-cutter’ algorithm

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The head of the NDIS has revealed for the first time some details of how the technology sitting behind the controversial new independent assessments will operate, raising concerns that...

One third of DTA workforce are labour hire staff

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Nearly a third of the Digital Transformation Agency’s total workforce are temporary labour hire staff, as concerns continue to grow over a lack of in-house tech expertise in the...

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...

‘Unethical’: NDIS participants ‘lured’ into trials

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
NDIS participants, including some with intellectual disabilities, were “lured” into participating in trials of the controversial new independent assessments with “scam-like” text messages, former NDIS Technology Authority chief Marie...