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Victorian disability minister, Lizzie Blandthorn, says the state remains in the dark about planned changes to the NDIS ahead of a looming showdown over funding for the scheme at national cabinet this week.
The federal NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, is seeking to defuse a growing row with state and territory governments over an overhaul of funding the scheme. State and territory leaders will meet with Anthony Albanese tomorrow.
Blandthorn says state has not been provided with sufficient information about key proposed changes under the scheme:
The disability reform minister’s council has not been provided with either enough information in terms of what is reasonable and necessary and how that’s proposed to be changed or how foundational supports will be defined.
Premier Jacinta Allan says Victoria already provides “significant” funding for families and children with a disability:
For some time now, it has been the federal government’s responsibility to provide care through the NDIS. This is a federally administered scheme, a federally-run scheme that is clearly facing some challenges.
We’ve also stepped in, in so many areas that are primarily a federal government responsibility. We have stepped in time and time again.
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Circling back to the Victorian parliament’s inquiry into the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games:
Dean Yates from Ernst and Young is running the inquiry through the timeline of his firm’s involvement in developing the business case for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
He says EY was first engaged – “under strict confidentiality” – to help develop the business case for the sporting event on 15 December 2021:
The bid process, which includes the development of a business case, would usually take place over a period of years and with substantial lead in time to the event itself. In this case, we work towards a compressed timeline of six weeks.
Yates said EY also engaged consultants from DHW Ludus and MI Associates to help put together the document, but all the firms were hampered by confidentiality provisions:
The highly confidential nature of this engagement meant that no fieldwork, such as formal inspection of the potential venues for example, could be undertaken by EY, DHW Ludus and MI Associates, nor could any consultation take place with any potential suppliers partners or other departments.
As a result, the business case, as the department has shared in evidence with this committee, was an early stage estimate of the potential cost….
2023-12-04 18:39:12
Original from www.theguardian.com
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