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Moira Deeming appeals to court as Victorian Liberals consider her fate
Victorian MP Moira Deeming He launched an 11th-hour court challenge against his own party ahead of a meeting that will decide his fate, after alleging assault against a former leader, AAP reported.
Deeming launched a lawsuit against the Liberals’ Victorian leader. Brian LoughnaneHis hearing is scheduled for this morning in state supreme court. Loughnane and other Liberal leaders plan to meet on Friday evening to decide on Deeming’s candidacy after she filed a police complaint. Matthew GuyThe opposition public transport spokesman claimed he was “subjugated” at a gala dinner on 23 May.
Victoria police investigated the incident and found “no criminality was identified”. Guy demanded a public apology from Deeming, but Deeming said he misunderstood the meaning of the yoke and refused to apologize.
He was invited to the state executive meeting to tell his side of the story.
In a statement to AAP, Deeming’s lawyer said his client’s complaint was made “honestly, in good faith and only as a last resort”.
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Butler says government is taking expanded NDIS investigation ‘seriously’
Mark ButlerThe Federal Minister for Health was asked about the inquiry’s recommendations for improving the NDIS.
He told RN Breakfast this morning that the government was considering them very carefully and said there were “good proposals” that some officials were already working on. He continued:
We are very keen to work on registration schemes for workers across the care economy, not just in the NDIS but also in the aged care sector. … Our priority right now is to register providers. There is little point in having employees registered if they are employed by service providers who are not registered and about whom we know nothing. …
We’re moving really quickly to make sure that several hundred thousand organizations and companies that are providing services are registered, that they tick the various boxes around quality, and that we have a good line of sight into who they are and what their character is.
Butler said he thought there would be more to learn during the full investigation into the NDIS changes negotiated with the Greens last week.
We will take this expanded investigation very seriously and treat all these questions with the respect they deserve.
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Greens claim government ‘politicised fraud’ to justify NDIS changes
The coalition’s report found the unregistered provider market was beyond the reach of the regulator and point-of-entry screenings, which can assess qualifications but not always suitability.
Meanwhile, the Greens’ report said it saw fraud as a serious problem but shared concerns that the government was “politicising fraud” to justify significant reductions in NDIS spending.
The minor party’s NDIS spokesman said: Jordan Steele-Johnwho is on the committee, said:
Disabled people deserve an NDIS that is both protected from fraud and designed around their rights; It is not a system that is viewed with suspicion because governments fail to take action against those who actually exploit the system.
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Committee recommends national NDIS worker register but others offer muted interest
A new national NDIS worker register will eliminate unsafe providers and carers and help participants make more informed decisions about their support and cases, a parliamentary inquiry into integrity and fraud checks within the NDIS says.
The government-led inquiry also said improved information sharing between government agencies and stronger regulatory powers were needed to address “systemic” integrity issues.
During the hearings, National Disability Insurance Corporation‘s assistant manager, John DardoHe said around 8.3%, or $3.7 billion, of the $45 billion in payments the NDIS made in the last financial year were affected by “integrity leakage”; This term may include errors or incompatibilities as well as suspicion of fraud.
But the inquiry’s non-government MPs and senators criticized the committee’s handling of its own homework, declaring that the final report did “little more than welcoming the steps the responsible institutions are already taking”.
“The evidence points to an organized and systemic threat; the committee report responds to a smaller, more individual threat. A response tailored to the latter will not meet the former,” opposition MPs said in a supplementary report.
Moira Deeming appeals to court as Victorian Liberals consider her fate
Victorian MP Moira Deeming He launched an 11th-hour court challenge against his own party ahead of a meeting that will decide his fate, after alleging assault against a former leader, AAP reported.
Deeming launched a lawsuit against the Liberals’ Victorian leader. Brian LoughnaneHis hearing is scheduled for this morning in state supreme court. Loughnane and other Liberal leaders plan to meet on Friday evening to decide on Deeming’s candidacy after she filed a police complaint. Matthew GuyThe opposition public transport spokesman claimed he was “subjugated” at a gala dinner on 23 May.
Victoria police investigated the incident and found “no criminality was identified”. Guy demanded a public apology from Deeming, but Deeming said he misunderstood the meaning of the yoke and refused to apologize.
He was invited to the state executive meeting to tell his side of the story.
In a statement to AAP, Deeming’s lawyer said his client’s complaint was made “honestly, in good faith and only as a last resort”.
Good morning
Good morning, happy Friday. Nick Visser I’m here to end the week after a busy session in Parliament. Here’s what’s on deck:
Liberal MP Moira Deeming took legal action against the Victorian chairman of the party, Brian LoughnaneIt will be heard in the state’s supreme court this morning.
Microsoft struck a deal with Nine to pay the media company for its content. Under the agreement, Nine’s journalism will play a “significant role” in the AI output produced for the Copilot service, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
And there has finally been significant snowfall in New South Wales and the Victorian Alps, which is good news for skiers.
We will bring more soon.
