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senate vote 2021-03-16#10
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Title
Motions — National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged Care: Dementia- Motions - National Disability Insurance Scheme - Pause independent assessments
Description
<p class="speaker">Katy Gallagher</p><p>I move general business notices of motion Nos 1058 and 1061 together:</p><p class="italic">GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 1058</p>- The same number of senators voted for and against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-03-16.127.1), which means it failed.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes that the Australian Government proposes to introduce 'independent assessments' for access and planning decisions for the National Disability Insurance Scheme's (NDIS) 400,000 participants;*
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- > *(b) recognises that:*
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- >> *(i) people with disability, their families, carers, service providers and their representative organisations were not consulted on independent assessments before they were announced by the Government,*
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- >> *(ii) independent assessments will provide a one-size-fits-all approach to access and planning while adding bureaucratic hoops for participants to jump through, and*
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- >> *(iii) neither the Productivity Commission report, nor the review conducted by David Tune AO PSM, support the introduction of independent assessments in the form proposed; and*
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- > *(c) expresses its concern that, as the Government only returned $1.5 billion of the $4.6 billion it cut from the NDIS, independent assessments are just another way to take support from Australians with disability by restricting access to the scheme and limiting plan funding; and*
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- > *(d) calls on the Government to:*
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- >> *(i) immediately pause the rollout of independent assessments,*
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- >> *(ii) hold a genuine, transparent consultation process, and*
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- >> *(iii) work with participants, families, carers and the sector to co-design the best solution to address the issues of consistency and fairness in NDIS access and planning identified by the Tune Review.*
<p class="italic">That the Senate—</p><p class="italic">(a) notes that the Australian Government proposes to introduce 'independent assessments' for access and planning decisions for the National Disability Insurance Scheme's (NDIS) 400,000 participants;</p><p class="italic">(b) recognises that:</p><p class="italic">(i) people with disability, their families, carers, service providers and their representative organisations were not consulted on independent assessments before they were announced by the Government,</p><p class="italic">(ii) independent assessments will provide a one-size-fits-all approach to access and planning while adding bureaucratic hoops for participants to jump through, and</p><p class="italic">(iii) neither the Productivity Commission report, nor the review conducted by David Tune AO PSM, support the introduction of independent assessments in the form proposed; and</p><p class="italic">(c) expresses its concern that, as the Government only returned $1.5 billion of the</p><p class="italic">$4.6 billion it cut from the NDIS, independent assessments are just another way to take support from Australians with disability by restricting access to the scheme and limiting plan funding; and</p><p class="italic">(d) calls on the Government to:</p><p class="italic">(i) immediately pause the rollout of independent assessments,</p><p class="italic">(ii) hold a genuine, transparent consultation process, and</p><p class="italic">(iii) work with participants, families, carers and the sector to co-design the best solution to address the issues of consistency and fairness in NDIS access and planning identified by the Tune Review.</p><p class="italic">GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 1061</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p><p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">(i) the number of people diagnosed with dementia in Australia is projected to grow from 472,000 to over one million by 2058,</p><p class="italic">(ii) over half of people living in residential aged care have a diagnosis of dementia, with the actual prevalence likely to be as high as 70%,</p><p class="italic">(iii) the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety found that the quality of aged care that people living with dementia receive is 'abysmal',</p><p class="italic">(iv) the overuse of medication is rampant and not enough emphasis is put on preventative care and other treatments,</p><p class="italic">(v) staff do not receive adequate training and do not have a full understanding of the symptoms and needs of people living with dementia,</p><p class="italic">(vi) the report signalled out dementia care as one of four priority areas for immediate action, and</p><p class="italic">(vii) despite the complicated needs of people living with dementia and the disproportionate impact COVID-19 had on them and their families, dementia was not even mentioned in the Government's National COVID-19 Aged Care Plan; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on the Government to urgently address their years of neglect of the aged care system, which is a national disgrace, including the experience of hundreds of thousands of Australians with dementia.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>I have had a request to put the motions separately, so I will put the question about motion No. 1058 first. The question is that motion No. 1058 be agreed to.</p>
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