scholarly journals Tensions and contradictions in Australian social policy reform: compulsory Income Management and the National Disability Insurance Scheme

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Marston ◽  
Sally Cowling ◽  
Shelley Bielefeld
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Social Policy Reform

Burdensome Administration and Its Risks: Competing Logics in Policy Implementation

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 1362-1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Carey ◽  
Helen Dickinson ◽  
Eleanor Malbon ◽  
Megan Weier ◽  
Gordon Duff
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
System Change ◽  
Disability Services ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Social Policy Reform ◽  
The Impact

Australia is currently undergoing significant social policy reform under the introduction of a personalized scheme for disability services: the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This article explores the growing administrative burdens placed on disability providers operating under the new scheme, using an Australia-wide survey of the disability sector. The 2018 National Disability Services survey of the disability sector reveals that administrative burden is the most commented on challenge for providers. Moreover, providers linked this burden to questions concerning their financial sustainability and ability to continue to offer services within the NDIS. In this article, we explore the sources of these administrative burdens and their relationships with the institutional logics at play in the NDIS. In addition to documenting the impact of system change on the Australian disability service sector, this article raises questions regarding institutional hybridity within personalization schemes more broadly and whether they are a source of tension, innovation, or both.

scholarly journals The Relative Risk of Homelessness among Persons with a Disability: New Methods and Policy Insights

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4304
Author(s):  
Andrew Beer ◽  
Emma Baker ◽  
Laurence Lester ◽  
Lyrian Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Relative Risk ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Subsequent Paper ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Ambitious Program ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

This paper reports on the first phase of an ambitious program of research that seeks to both understand the risk of homelessness amongst persons with a disability in Australia and shed light on the impact of a significant policy reform—the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)—in changing the level of homelessness risk. This first paper, reports on the level of homelessness risk for persons with a disability prior to the introduction of the NDIS, with a subsequent paper providing updated data and analysis for the period post the implementation of the NDIS. In one sense, this paper provides the ‘base’ condition prior to the introduction of the NDIS but also serves a far broader role in advancing our understanding of how disability and chronic ill-health affects the risk of homelessness. Our research finds that in the period prior to the introduction of the NDIS, a large proportion of people with disabilities were at risk of homelessness, but those whose disabilities affected their schooling or employment were at the greatest risk.

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