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Govt has created a ‘robo-NDIS’: Shorten

The federal Opposition has reignited concerns that a lack of human intervention and an over-reliance on technology is creating a “robo-NDIS” that is leaving vulnerable Australians worse off. Shadow...

NDIS: A Copernican challenge for the actuarial model

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
The first article in the series ‘Defending the NDIS’, looked at the horrific complexity caused by the actuarial fiction of ‘primary disability’. The second article zeroed in on the...

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...

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...

NDIS ‘robo-plans’ test algorithmic transparency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s plan to determine the size of NDIS support packages for over 400,000 participants by fitting them into 400 ‘profiles’ will be a test of algorithmic transparency,...