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Will drastic NDIS overhaul repeat the mistakes of the past?
Key takeaways
- Keith Mc Villy began working with people with disability in the 1980s, helping people move out of state-run institutions such as Hobart's Willow Court (pictured).
- Before the NDIS, disability support was run by the states and territories, defined by fragmentation, scarcity and segregation.
- Under the Commonwealth's dramatic cuts to the now-$50 billion scheme, the states will have to pick up more of the slack.
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Keith Mc Villy began working with people with disability in the 1980s, helping people move out of state-run institutions such as Hobart's Willow Court (pictured). (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)
Before the NDIS, disability support was run by the states and territories, defined by fragmentation, scarcity and segregation.
Under the Commonwealth's dramatic cuts to the now-$50 billion scheme, the states will have to pick up more of the slack.
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