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- PC, NDIS Costs – Study Report; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance scheme, Market Readiness for provision of services under the NDIS - Final Report, 20 September 2018, pp.63-78; Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, NDIS Planning Final Report, 1 December 2020 pp. 173-176, 201-211; Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, NDIS Workforce Final Report, 15 February 2022, pp.23-31, 37-50; D Tune, Review of the National Disability Insurance scheme Act 2013 Report, December 2019, accessed 21 December 2022; Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, General issues 2021, 30 November 2021, pp.122; Queensland Productivity Commission (QPC), Inquiry into The NDIS Market in Queensland Final Report, April 2021, pp.256Return to footnote 3 ↩
- Department of Social Services (DSS), Analysis on NDIS monthly data sets as at 31 December 2022, unpublished, accessed March 2023Return to footnote 4 ↩
- PC, NDIS Costs – Study Report; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance scheme, Market Readiness for provision of services under the NDIS - Final Report, pp.3-78Return to footnote 5 ↩
- Ernst and Young, NDIS Thin Markets Project – Approach to Thin Market – Final Report, December 2019, unpublishedReturn to footnote 6 ↩
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- NPY Women’s Council, Response to Alternative commissioning for remote and First Nations communitiesReturn to footnote 10 ↩
- Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, NDIS Workforce Final Report, pp.23-31; QPC, Inquiry into The NDIS Market in Queensland Final Report, p.147-163Return to footnote 11 ↩
- NDIA, Thin Market Trials Evaluation – Final Report, unpublished, accessed January 2023Return to footnote 12 ↩
- NDIA, Thin Market Trials Evaluation – Final ReportReturn to footnote 13 ↩
- NDIA, National Remote Services Branch presentation to NDIS Review, unpublished, accessed December 2022Return to footnote 14 ↩
- D Reeders, G Carey, E Malbon, H Dickinson, D Gilchrist, G Duff, S Chand, A Kavanagh, & D Alexander 2019, Market Capacity Framework: An approach for identifying thin markets in the NDIS, December 2019, Centre for Social Impact: SydneyReturn to footnote 15 ↩
- D Tune, Review of the National Disability Insurance scheme Act 2013 Report, pp.123Return to footnote 16 ↩
- Productivity Commission (PC) 2017, National Disability Insurance scheme (NDIS) Costs – Study Report; D Tune, Review of the National Disability Insurance scheme Act 2013 Report, pp.56-57Return to footnote 17 ↩
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- NDIA, NDIS quarterly report to Disability Ministers for Q2 of 2022-23 financial yearReturn to footnote 19 ↩
- NDIA, National Remote Services Branch presentation to NDIS ReviewReturn to footnote 20 ↩
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- Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, NDIS Planning Final Report, pp. 202Return to footnote 22 ↩
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- Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, NDIS Planning Final Report, pp.174Return to footnote 25 ↩
- NDIA, Number of indigenous, registered providers as at December 2022, n.d. (unpublished)Return to footnote 26 ↩
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- Joint Council on Closing the Gap, DSSPReturn to footnote 28 ↩
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- QPC, Inquiry into The NDIS Market in Queensland Final Report, pp.380Return to footnote 32 ↩
- PC, Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Reforms to Human Services Inquiry Report, 26 March 2018, pp.268; McKinsey & Company, Independent Pricing Review, National Disability Insurance Agency: Final Report, February 2018, NDIA website, accessed 11 January 2023Return to footnote 33 ↩
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- NDIA, Annual Pricing Review 2021-22 Final Report, pp.175-176; NDIA, December 2022 update, published, accessed February 2023Return to footnote 42 ↩
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- R Barker. et al., FNQ Connect: Connecting people connecting care. A proposal for reform of Far North Queensland Disability, Rehabilitation and Lifestyle Services for childrenReturn to footnote 49 ↩
- This includes the 16 LGAs in the Far North SA3 (Figure 10), as well as 5 other LGAs: Cairns Regional, Cassowary Coast Regional, Douglas Shire, Tablelands Regional and Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire.Return to footnote 50 ↩
- PC, NDIS Costs – Study Report, pp.29-30Return to footnote 51 ↩