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The plan, announced by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Linda Burney, captures changes people with disability, their families and carers have long been calling for – including the creation of an NDIS...

The plan includes a commitment to reducing red tape and providing people with disability and their families more help to navigate the scheme, as well as the creation of a 7 per cent employment target in the Australian Public Service.
But it does not include a commitment to use the current NDIS underspend to resolve continuing problems with the roll out of the landmark scheme....

A couple of weeks ago Every Australian Counts supporter and NDIS participant Melissa “Missy” Norman got in touch because she was concerned and disappointed by the way the NDIS wasn’t working for her and for many other people with disability across Australia...

We booked interviews with Minister for Families and Social Services Paul Fletcher, Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Linda Burney and Greens spokesperson on Disability Services Jordon Steele-John.
And keeping in the spirit of multi-partisanship we asked all three the same questions – so you could see and hear for yourself what the major parties have planned when it comes to the NDIS....