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Post by bear on Jun 24, 2021 8:27:09 GMT 7
Stop NDIS age discrimination - McCallum boss
A Ballarat disability leader has thrown his support behind a campaign that aims to stop the NDIS from withholding payments to people over 65.
The campaign, launched yesterday, sheds light on a decision to exclude the NDIS from the Age Discrimination act meaning people who become disabled over the age 65 aren’t entitled to the same benefits as someone younger. Chief Executive Officer of McCallum Disability Support Tyrone McCuskey says it excludes a huge number of people. "One in five people in our community live with a disability and of those 44% are over 65 years of age." "That's a huge cohort of individuals who are missing out on funding," Mr McCuskey said. Yesterday Spinal Life Australia launched a series of shock TV ads titled 'Disability doesn't discriminate - but the Government does'. www.3ba.com.au/news/local-news/106645-stop-ndis-age-discrimination-mccallum-boss?fbclid=IwAR0byrhXvk5NDYU2lSncY65T7E1uOMWxBu9EftYHCILyv-X3nQjSb8FmWmc
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Post by ferdieguba on Jun 28, 2021 3:42:58 GMT 7
good on the ceo, I was in the changeover period, I was rejected as having a medical condition not a disability, then turned 65 so could not pursue appeals or anything, currently people applying with the same disability are getting the NDIS, but now I'm excluded because of age
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Post by bear on Jun 28, 2021 7:25:53 GMT 7
good on the ceo, I was in the changeover period, I was rejected as having a medical condition not a disability, then turned 65 so could not pursue appeals or anything, currently people applying with the same disability are getting the NDIS, but now I'm excluded because of age Fingers crossed ferdieguba, that either the people keep the pressure on over quite a number of matters or, we get a more compassionate government come election time. Cheers bear
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Post by nomadic on Jun 28, 2021 20:32:33 GMT 7
Only the LNP being totally obliterated from the planet earth will make things better. They are 100% against all things Centrelink. Kill off all the vulnerable is clearly their ideology.
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Post by latindancer on Jun 29, 2021 9:05:13 GMT 7
Scott Morrison’s plan to cut Medicare rebates astonished me. It means that patients have to choose between cancelling life-changing surgeries or be hit with huge bills they were never told about.
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