Stop the NDIS Cuts. Fix the System.

Stop the NDIS Cuts. Fix the System.

As the leader of the opposition, he has the power to stop the government’s dangerous NDIS Bill.

If this Bill is supported by Angus Taylor's coalition Liberal and National party. The government will have the power to:

  • Cut funding to NDIS plans across the board
  • Impose funding caps that are not based on a person’s individual needs that will force people into group homes and other unsuitable living arrangements
  • weaken choice and control over who provides our supports
  • Remove thousands of people off the NDIS
  • Take away our right to challenge and appeal funding cuts and inadequate NDIS plans
  • place more pressure on families and unpaid carers
  • leave important decisions to future rules we have not seen.

Every Australian Counts believes the Bill should not pass in its current form. It needs major changes, proper safeguards and genuine co-design with people with disability.

Angus Taylor leads the Liberal Party. He can call on Liberal Senators to oppose the Bill in its current form.

Call his office before 14 August and ask him to stand with people with disability.

As the leader of the opposition, he has the power to stop the government’s dangerous NDIS Bill.

If this Bill is supported by Angus Taylor's coalition Liberal and National party. The government will have the power to:

  • Cut funding to NDIS plans across the board
  • Impose funding caps that are not based on a person’s individual needs that will force people into group homes and other unsuitable living arrangements
  • weaken choice and control over who provides our supports
  • Remove thousands of people off the NDIS
  • Take away our right to challenge and appeal funding cuts and inadequate NDIS plans
  • place more pressure on families and unpaid carers
  • leave important decisions to future rules we have not seen.

Every Australian Counts believes the Bill should not pass in its current form. It needs major changes, proper safeguards and genuine co-design with people with disability.

Angus Taylor leads the Liberal Party. He can call on Liberal Senators to oppose the Bill in its current form.

Call his office before 14 August and ask him to stand with people with disability.

Call Angus Taylor MP and ask him to Protect our NDIS

Call Angus Taylor MP

Angus Taylor MP Angus Taylor MP Opposition Leader 02 4658 7188

Before you call

Your call does not need to be long.

The most important things to say are:

  • your name
  • where you live
  • why the NDIS matters to you
  • that you want Angus Taylor to oppose the Bill in its current form
  • that you want him to call on Liberal Senators to do the same.

You do not need to share personal or medical information.

Please be respectful. The …

Before you call

Your call does not need to be long.

The most important things to say are:

  • your name
  • where you live
  • why the NDIS matters to you
  • that you want Angus Taylor to oppose the Bill in its current form
  • that you want him to call on Liberal Senators to do the same.

You do not need to share personal or medical information.

Please be respectful. The person answering the phone will usually be a staff member.

What we are asking Angus Taylor to do

Ask him to:

  1. publicly oppose the Bill in its current form
  2. call on Liberal Senators to oppose it in its current form
  3. support substantial redrafting with people with disability
  4. demand that the missing rules, evidence, modelling and safeguards are published
  5. protect individual support, choice, control and review rights.

 

Talking Points:

Protect support based on individual need

The Bill could allow limits on funding, hours of support or staffing levels.

For some people, one-to-one or two-to-one support is essential for safety, communication, personal care and taking part in the community.

A broad funding cap cannot reflect every person’s needs.

Protect choice and control

The Bill would weaken participant-directed planning.

People with disability must be involved in decisions about their own lives and supports.

Do not use untested assessments

The proposed functional capacity system has not been independently shown to be fair and reliable.

It must not begin until the tools are public, properly tested and open to review.

Do not send people to services that are not ready

People should not lose NDIS support because another service is supposed to help them.

That service must actually exist, be available and be able to meet their needs.

Do not shift more work onto families

Families and unpaid carers cannot be treated as an unlimited source of support.

The Bill must not create unsafe assumptions about how much unpaid care families can provide.

Publish the missing information

Parliament should see the final rules, assessment tools, modelling and safeguards before making major changes to the NDIS.

People with disability must also have enough time to review and respond to them.

 

Phone script: Call Angus Taylor’s office about the NDIS Bill

Hello, my name is [your name], and I live in [your suburb or electorate].

I am calling to ask Angus Taylor and the Coalition to oppose the Government’s NDIS Bill.

This Bill would give the Government sweeping new powers that could seriously harm people with disability and our families.

If the Liberal and National parties support this Bill, they will help the Government gain the power to:

  • cut funding from NDIS plans across the board
  • impose funding caps that are not based on each person’s individual needs
  • force people into group homes, shared supports or other unsafe living arrangements
  • remove thousands of people from the NDIS and push people towards services that may not exist or meet their needs
  • restrict our ability to challenge and appeal unfair funding cuts or inadequate plans
  • weaken our choice and control over who provides our supports
  • place more pressure on families and unpaid carers
  • leave important decisions to future rules that the Parliament and the community have not yet seen.

I am asking Angus Taylor to publicly commit that the Coalition will not support this Bill in its current form.

Please ask Mr Taylor to call for the Bill to be substantially redrafted with people with disability, and for the missing rules, evidence and safeguards to be published before it goes any further.

The Coalition should insist on proper safeguards, full transparency and meaningful consultation with people with disability before any further changes are made.

Could you please record my concerns and let me know Angus Taylor’s position on the Bill?

Thank you for your time.

Please pass my message on to Mr Taylor. Thank you.

 

Optional personal story prompt

Add one or two sentences about why this matters to you.

You could say:

The NDIS helps me to…

Without my current supports, I would not be able to…

I am worried this Bill could affect me by…

Choice and control matter to me because…

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