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Western Australia joins NDIS
Western Australia is set to join the nationally delivered
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
W
estern Australian by being part of a truly national
Disability Services scheme,” Minister Dawson said.
Minister Stephen Dawson
(pictured right) said an agreement
signed between the Western
“Western Australians with disability
need and deserve that certainty.
“I also believe that Western
Australian and Commonwealth Australia would be better placed to
governments in December 2017 influence the future direction of the
provides certainty for Western NDIS as part of a national approach,
Australians with disability. rather than as an outsider.”
The new agreement replaces
From July 1, the National
the WA NDIS will transfer to the
nationally delivered scheme in a
the bilateral agreement signed in Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) phased approach commencing this
late January 2017 by the previous will assume responsibility for the month (April).
State Government for a Western delivery of the NDIS in WA. The Australian-administered NDIS. NDIS will continue to roll out on a Government is working closely with
geographic basis and will be fully the Commonwealth and NDIA.
“A state-operated NDIS simply
could not match the capacity and
resourcing that can be achieved
rolled out across WA by 2020.
People already taking part in
Minister Dawson said the WA
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