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Butler says Thriving Kids plan will help bolster NDIS long-term
Health minister Mark Butler has said planned changes to the NDIS that will see children with mild to moderate developmental delays or autism diverted into a new program would both help kids and support the funding model behind the disability support service.
Change will take some time, obviously, particularly to build a system for thriving kids that parents have confidence in, that has the right emphasis points. But I think what the community is saying is they want a sense from their government that we get the need to make change.
They overwhelmingly think that this [the NDIS] is a scheme they should be proud of, that has transformed the lives of people with disabilities. But they’re concerned it’s costing too much and has too many inefficiencies and too many dodgy providers.
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