NDIS a bureaucratic monster

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The Courier-Mail has released a report claiming that 1200 Australians have died while waiting for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support, bogged down in bureaucracy:

MORE than 1200 Australians have died while waiting for an NDIS package in just three years – tragically including 65 children…

The shocking number of deaths occurred as families waited four months on average for National Disability Insurance Scheme support last year…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.