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Replying to @maddisonwest Fraud is a Convenient Scapegoat to Justify More Participant Surveillance NDIA has spent more on surveillance, legal battles, and fraud prevention than actual fraudulent claims: Millions wasted on AAT disputes, where the NDIA routinely loses against participants. Surveillance tactics and audits have increased, but rorting remains a fraction of the budget, nowhere near the levels suggested by government rhetoric. Administrative spending is the real issue, not participant overuse: NDIA, DSS, and Services Australia administrative costs far outpace direct participant spending increases. Local Area Coordinator (LAC) and Plan Manager contracts are opaque, often awarded to multinational firms that extract profits rather than reinvesting in participant outcomes. Tightening #compliance disproportionately affects participants while protecting provider profiteering. If the government were serious about rorting: They would #regulate excessive provider fees, not cut participant budgets. They would increase transparency around #NDIS outsourcing contracts, which have seen massive cost increases. ✔ Verdict: False & Deflective. The "rorting" excuse is being used to justify punitive oversight on participants while ignoring bureaucratic and provider corruption

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The question on everyone's lips is.... IS PETER DUTTON actually PEGGY SUE? #peggysue #2025elections #voteindependent let's get organised, let's get the MAJOR PARTIES out of Power.

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NDIS March 2025 Changes: A Masterclass in Bureaucratic Overreach Ah, the old “we’re just protecting you from yourself” trick—works every time, right? The March 2025 NDIS amendments are a textbook example of how governments incrementally erode autonomy while pretending to enhance "safeguards". What’s really happening? A systematic takeover of participant financial control under the Orwellian guise of “unreasonable risk” management. Let’s break this down. 1. The “Unreasonable Risk” Scam They’ve essentially given the NDIA CEO unchecked power to decide whether a participant can self-manage their funds based on completely subjective risk factors: "Risk of financial harm"—vague enough to justify denying anyone. "Risk of exploitation or undue influence"—because adults with disabilities apparently can’t make financial decisions without being manipulated. "Court rulings on finances"—because if you’ve ever had financial struggles, clearly, you should never be trusted again. Translation: If the NDIA doesn’t like how you spend your money, they can label you a "risk" and take control away from you. Convenient, right? Meanwhile, NDIA-approved Plan Managers (who are government-regulated) get more power, meaning participants are funneled into a system where the government indirectly controls their spending. 2. “Protection” That Eliminates Rights The original NDIS Act (2013) was all about choice and control—but the 2025 amendments remove the right to appeal funding management decisions. So if the CEO decides you can’t handle your own money, you’re out of luck. No appeals, no independent review, just NDIA bureaucrats deciding how you should live. This is legalized financial guardianship, just without calling it that. What happened to choice? Oh right—only applies when the government agrees with you. 3. The Data-Harvesting Power Grab The NDIA is also forcing Plan Managers to hand over more participant spending data. Why? So they can monitor, track, and control participant spending at a granular level. This isn’t about fraud prevention—it’s about justifying cost-cutting. Here’s how it works: 1. NDIA collects participant spending #data → 2. They flag “risk” trends (like people spending money "inefficiently") → 3. They start restricting how participants can use their own funds. This is #behavioraleconomics 101—control the flow of money, control the choices people make. If participants are spending “too much” on support workers instead of government-favored services, expect NDIA-imposed spending #restrictions next. 4. The Real Goal: Budget Cuts & Control All of this—the risk assessments, the tightened controls, the surveillance—isn't about helping participants. It's about making the NDIS "financially sustainable" by reducing self-managed plans and forcing participants into NDIA-controlled financial systems. This way: NDIA can control where the money goes (i.e., toward government-friendly providers). They can justify reducing budgets over time, blaming "risk management" rather than admitting to cost-cutting. They can push participants toward #automated decision-making systems, removing individual discretion. Final Verdict: A Systematic Power Grab Disguised as “Reform” The NDIS March 2025 changes are not about protection—they are about control. The NDIA is centralizing financial power, removing participant autonomy, and engineering a system where #disabled Australians have less say over their lives than ever before. This contradicts the very foundation of the #NDIS which was supposed to give people with disabilities more freedom, not less. The Big Question: What’s Next? If self-management is being gutted now, what will 2026 bring? More restrictions on spending? NDIA-approved “spending categories” where participants can’t use their own funds freely? AI-driven risk #assessments that preemptively restrict participant spending based on "financial history"?