I’m on the NDIS. Here’s what Labor must do to fix it
Article published in the Australian Financial Review The National Disability Insurance Scheme’s future hinges on the Albanese government’s willingness to listen, reform equitably, and invest in all disabled Australians. Labor’s resounding election victory has been celebrated by National Disability Insurance Scheme participants and their families. Yet many of us also feel uncertain about the scheme’s…
Piece on NDIS Costs in the AFR
I had an exciting event recently, when the Australian Financial Review published an Op Ed I wrote about my research into the NDIS Costs. I used the AI program Grok to help edit the piece for me. I was really pleased with the feedback I got for the article. https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/i-m-an-ndis-participant-here-s-what-i-ve-uncovered-about-this-chaotic-system-20250318-p5lkd5
Thoughts On The NDIS Review
The Albanese Labor Government commissioned a Review of the NDIS, after winning the 2022 Federal Election. The Review was headed by Bruce Bonyhady, commonly known as the grandfather of the NDIS because he was responsible for the NDIS being proposed at the 2008 “2020 Summit”. The Review was made public in December 2023. I have concerns…
Swords Into Ploughshares
I haven’t posted for a while here. My mental health has not. been great. Some personal issues but also the state of the world, especially with two big wars happening now between Russia and Ukraine and also Israel and Palestine. I am not totally anti-war, as my grandfather was a soldier in WW2, but I…
Labor Government Policy To Exceed 1.5C “Temporarily”
I was disappointed today with a reply I got from writing to Minister Tanya Plibersek about climate change. The reply seems to indicate that the Labor government has a policy of exceeding 1.5C “temporarily” and then returning to 1.5C later, presumably via carbon capture and storage technology. I do know that it is more and…
Speech at School Strike For Climate, 3rd of March 2023, Victory Park, Castlemaine
Thank you to the school strikers for having me speak today. I’m Zoe and I am disabled. I have Autism and Schizoaffective Disorder, and I want to talk a bit today about disability and climate change. 1 in 6 Australians, or 4.4 million people, are disabled. That is a sizable number, and many of you…
Labor’s 43% Climate Reduction Target and the GHG Budget
The new Labor Government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has a goal for a 43% reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions compared to 2005 levels, by 2030. Is this goal adequate and does it fit within Australia’s emissions budget? According to my analysis the answer is no. Malte Meinshausen from the University of Melbourne did…
NDIS Premiums
If the NDIS is an insurance scheme then at about $30 billion per year now and covering a population of about 26 million the premium would be $1,111 per person per year. In 2030 the NDIS is forecast to cost $64 billion per year and the Australian population is projected to be 30 million, so…
Labor and the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) 2009
The media is quoting Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying he has a “mandate” for Labor’s inadequate 2030 emissions reduction target, and Albanese is bringing up the stoush with The Greens over the CPRS in 2009. From The Age: “‘We have a mandate for our position on climate. We announced it in December last year,…
NAIDOC Week
For NAIDOC week I want to write something about what happens when we look away from injustice. Today I’m in Naarm, the land of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung people and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Eastern Kulin Nation. I live in Jaara country the land of Dja Dja Wurrung people of the Kulin…
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Zoe Emily Mithen 