Adding conflict to the process

Rick Morton’s coverage of what the

Morrison government plans for the NDIS was horrifying. For all intents and purposes, they seem to plan to turn it into a version of Comcare – a combative, adversarial department that lacks compassion and has only one agenda: to kick people off any assistance. NDIS recipients’ doctors and specialists will have their word and expertise ignored, only the opinion of the hand-picked medical operators and lawyers will count. Carers and the like should have grave fears, not only for the physical but also for the mental wellbeing of people caught up in what will no doubt be a ruthless system. – Peter M. Taylor, Midway Point, Tas