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Graeme Head AO is the new NDIA CEO.
The role is big - and so are the expectations.
We need an NDIS that returns to its roots: choice, control, and dignity for people with disability.
What should Graeme fix first?
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS #DisabilityRights
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November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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🚨 A huge NDIS change is on the table - and we need it properly scrutinised.
A new petition (EN8570) is calling for a full inquiry into the proposed Support Needs Assessment.
Add your voice now 👇
🖋️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
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November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Need support navigating the NDIS?
We’ve collected tools, services and templates to help you speak up, find support and get the info you need.
Explore the hub: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/what-is-the-...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS #DisabilitySupport
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November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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💬 “I believe uncertainty is our biggest challenge… it seems NDIS is becoming very rigid in approach.”
One parent's message to government: don't let the NDIS lose what makes it work - real support, real flexibility, real outcomes.
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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💬 “There is no process for 'Case Manager' funds… who do we hand over to when we are no longer able to do so?”
💬 “FLEXIBILITY is the key to success and it needs to be maintained.”
A message from an EAC community member calling for future planning and real flexibility.
A red background with the text at the top "Your Stories" in white. A white speech bubble outlined in black. Inside the bubble, reads: "The journey with my two daughters who are currently recipients of the NDIS has not always been easy for them. They have complex medical and mobility challenging issues."" At the bottom is the "Every Australian Counts" logo, which shows the campaign name inside a red speech bubble with two simple outline figures.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🧠 The Navigating My Way project helps NDIS participants with psychosocial disability build knowledge, confidence and self-advocacy skills.
It’s practical, empowering & free.
👉 Check them out: www.vmiac.org.au/navigating-m...
#NDIS #PsychosocialDisability #EveryAustralianCounts #SelfAdvocacy
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October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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✨ EAC will continue to fight for an NDIS that provides reasonable & necessary individualised funding so people with significant & permanent disability can be in control of our support & our lives.
👉 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/join-the-eve...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS
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October 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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📢 NATIONAL PROTEST: STOP THE NDIS CUTS IS TOMORROW!
🚨 Monday 27 October at 1pm
📍 Where: Parliament House Federation Mall (road in front of the lawns)
🔗 Event details: facebook.com/events/s/sav...

#SaveOurNDIS #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights
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October 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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NDIS uncertainty is hurting families.
"These changes are making me and my kids feel like a burden.”
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: "It’s added significant distress to people already under pressure… These changes are making me and my kids feel like a burden.”
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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THIS COMING MONDAY – NATIONAL PROTEST: STOP THE NDIS CUTS!
🚨 Monday 27 October at 1pm
📍 Where: Parliament House Federation Mall (road in front of the lawns)
🔗 Event details: facebook.com/events/s/sav...

#SaveOurNDIS #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights
Clip board with a white sheet of paper on a red background. The sheet contains text that reads: "NATIONAL PROTEST: STOP THE NDIS CUTS. Every Australian Counts supports the National protest to save our NDIS. Below text in a hand drawn red circle reads: "Monday 27 October 1pm Parliament House Federation Mall". The Every Australian Counts logo appears in the bottom left hand corner.
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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“Highly experienced professionals are being forced out... The system is collapsing in rural areas.”
Therapists, providers, & workers worry they’ll have to shut their doors.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts #NDIS #ThrivingKids
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Highly experienced professionals are being forced out… The system is collapsing in rural areas.”
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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86% say: Co-design is essential.
“Nothing about us without us.”
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Thriving Kids could only work if designed by autistic people to meet autistic needs.”
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Block funding = fewer choices, worse outcomes.
We won’t go backwards.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Going back to large organisations and one-size-fits-all models removes choice and control. It’s not safe, not tailored, and not fair.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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“Mild”? “Moderate”?
The community says: Harmful. Inaccurate.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: "Calling autism mild or moderate is highly inappropriate… These outdated terms are not used by clinicians and don’t reflect lived experience.”
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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70% of people don’t understand the Thriving Kids plan.
“We’ve been left in the dark - again.”
📢 Read the report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “We have no clarity on alternative supports… Our community has not been involved in this decision.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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🧠 “The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity.”
New opinion warns NDIS reforms risk cutting support for people with psychosocial disability.
📖 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A red pushpin holds a white note against a red textured background. The note features the Every Australian Counts logo and reads: "New Opinion Piece: Safeguarding Individualised Support for Psychosocial Disability: Why NDIS Reform Risks Leaving Us Behind. By members of the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective"
October 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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“Choice and control is fundamental.”
75% say Thriving Kids takes that away.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Moving to a block funding model removes choice and control… Parents need to match providers to their child’s needs - not be forced into one program.”
October 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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“Without support, he’ll fall through the cracks - and that breaks me.”
80% of families fear losing therapies under Thriving Kids.
📢 Read the full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Without the NDIS and the therapy and support that my child is receiving now, I am terrified for his future… Taking this away would mean he is left to fall through the cracks, and that thought breaks me.”
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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📢 From 2026, I-CAN will assess all over-16s in the NDIS.
🧾 Media release: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/eac/media-re...
More from Dr George: www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-can-...

#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
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October 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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🚨 1,000+ people with disability, families and professionals have raised red flags about “Thriving Kids”.
🧩 70% say it’s unclear
🧩 80% fear reduced support
🧩 75% fear losing choice
🧩 Only 18% support the plan
Read more: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS
A graphic from Every Australian Counts shows the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a 1-star review from a generic survey respondent icon. Text reads: “70% say it’s unclear, 80% fear reduced support, 75% fear losing choice & control. Only 18% support the plan.”
October 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧠 "The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity."
New opinion from the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective calls out what’s at risk in the reforms.
📖 Read and share: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A red pushpin holds a white note against a red textured background. The note features the Every Australian Counts logo and reads: "New Opinion Piece: Safeguarding Individualised Support for Psychosocial Disability: Why NDIS Reform Risks Leaving Us Behind. By members of the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective"
October 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Koa Gibson needed 24/7 care. The NDIA cut her supports to just 3 hrs/week.
Her mum begged for urgent help. They said no.
Koa died days later.
Short, inflexible funding periods must stop. This can’t happen again.
📰 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
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September 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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“People with disability are not numbers.”
Dr George Taleporos in The Guardian on why trust and transparency must guide the new NDIS assessment model.
📖https://bit.ly/3KHKB7m
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
Graphic with red and white wave design. The Every Australian Counts logo appears in the top right. Large bold text reads: Read: New NDIS needs assessments will use technology to simplify process but advocacy groups cautious about change from The Guardian
September 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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🚨 From 2026, all over-16s will be assessed with the I-CAN tool. Govt says it means fairness + less paperwork.
But our community asks:
⚠️ Will it be cost-cutting?
⚠️ Who decides budgets?
⚠️ Will we see our full reports?
Media release: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/eac/media-re...
#ProtectOurNDIS
Graphic with a red and white background. A megaphone is pictured on the right-hand side. On the left, the Every Australian Counts logo appears as a speech bubble with text inside. Bold heading reads 'MEDIA RELEASE'. Subheading states 'Transparency and Co-Design are Essential for I-CAN Assessments'.
September 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Need support navigating the NDIS?
We’ve collected tools, services and templates to help you speak up, find support and get the info you need.
Explore the hub: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/what-is-the-...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS #DisabilitySupport
Stacked sheets of white paper on a red background. The top sheet contains bold text that reads: "All the NDIS tools you need, in one place. Explore the EAC resource hub." The Every Australian Counts logo appears above the text.
September 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM