Sam Bennett
@samhbenn
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Interested in social policy, disability, inclusion and innovation with impact, views my own etc. Work at Grattan Institute.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined October 2012
RT @GrattanInst: 6/ Without further bold policy decisions, governments risk hitting the target but missing the point. Here are four major….
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RT @GrattanInst: 5/ While the NDIS growth rate has started to moderate, a downturn in operational performance is very likely a contributing….
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RT @GrattanInst: 4/ The problem is, there’s often nowhere else for people with disability to get support. And most disabled Australians do….
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RT @GrattanInst: 3/ In 2011, the Productivity Commission estimated a mature NDIS would serve 490,000 people. In fact, the scheme is now s….
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RT @GrattanInst: 2/ The NDIS cost nearly $42 billion in 2023-24 and is expected to cost more than $58 billion by 2028. It grew by about 2….
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RT @GrattanInst: 1/ The National Disability Insurance Scheme has grown too big too fast, and its future is now at stake. Costs must be rei….
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RT @SummerFoundtn: 📣 Dr Sam Bennett @samhbenn will join #APF2024 to discuss @GrattanInst's new report "Better, safer, more sustainable: How….
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RT @SummerFoundtn: NEW episode! Dr George meets Dr Sam Bennett from @grattaninst to discuss the new report on reforming #NDIS housing and s….
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RT @GrattanInst: These changes would transform the lives of Australians with the most profound disabilities, while making the NDIS more sus….
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RT @PaulNAustin: ‘The NDIS could learn a thing or two from WA.’. @samhbenn and @HannahOrban7 from @GrattanInst in today’s @westaustralian o….
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On housing, WA has a blueprint for success that the whole NDIS should follow.
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RT @GrattanInst: Australia spends more than most countries on disability, yet we are failing the disabled Australians who need help most. @….
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RT @PaulNAustin: The Disability Program at @GrattanInst has published its first report. It shows that the NDIS is failing tens of thousan….
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The NDIS is failing tens of thousands of profoundly disabled Australians. Here’s a four-point plan to help fix the problem.
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Commentary and analysis form me and @HannahOrban7 on proposed mandatory registration of NDIS providers @GrattanInst
theconversation.com
Many people in the disability community are distressed by the plan to register all NDIS providers. There could be a more nuanced approach that preserves their wishes.
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New @GrattanInst pod on the NDIS Bill - lots of detail to work out in rules from here but a step in the right direction .
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The Getting the NDIS Back on Track Bill proposes a massive overhaul of the scheme, in order to rein in ballooning costs.
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My piece with Hannah Orban today on the NDIS Bill. These are big but necessary changes.
grattan.edu.au
Almost unnoticed, the federal government has quietly pushed a Bill into parliament that will transform the NDIS as we know it.
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RT @PaulNAustin: ‘The NDIS Review has hit on broadly the right reform directions, but it lacks the detail that was needed to make the 8% co….
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A sustainable national disability insurance scheme is still possible, but time is running out.
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RT @PaulNAustin: ‘The #NDIS Review says key terms need to be defined, rather than defining them; recommends new assessment processes, witho….
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My piece in today's @FinancialReview on the NDIS Review - good ideas "but it lacks the detail that was needed to make the 8 per cent cost growth target imposed by national cabinet remotely plausible" @GrattanInst .
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The review has raised public understanding of problems already obvious to policymakers, but is that enough return on investment for the past 18 months?
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A piece from @HannahOrban7 and in @ConversationEDU on the key recommendation of the NDIS Review for "foundational supports" - potentially great news in ensuring people with disability get the support they need outside the NDIS @GrattanInst .
theconversation.com
The NDIS review found a lack of clarity about what supports should be considered ‘reasonable and necessary’ was at the heart of many of the scheme’s problems.
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RT @PaulNAustin: ‘That is a disability scheme worth fighting for’. @GrattanInst disability experts @samhbenn and @HannahOrban7 assess @bill….
theconversation.com
The NDIS review found a lack of clarity about what supports should be considered ‘reasonable and necessary’ was at the heart of many of the scheme’s problems.
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