Going backwards: How NDIS workforce arrangements are undermining decent work and gender equality warns deteriorating conditions for the quarter of a million workers supporting the scheme - which is increasingly reliant on digital platforms, third-party intermediaries and independent contractors - risk undermining its long-term survival. The Centre for Future Work's report calls for comprehensive reforms to protect NDIS workers, 40% of which are casuals. Bolstering NDIS working standards would also make the scheme work more effectively for participants - and taxpayers - through reduced wastage and increased accountability.

https://www.miragenews.com/ndis-undermined-by-declining-disability-worker-1089740/

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