Promise check: Any decision to reduce an NDIS plan by more than 20 per cent a year will be referred to an expert reviewer

Promise check: Any decision to reduce an NDIS plan by more than 20 per cent a year will be referred to an expert reviewer

At the 2022 election, Labor promised that any decision to reduce an NDIS plan by more than 20 per cent a year will be referred to an expert reviewer. Here's how that promise is tracking.

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The future of the National Disability Insurance Scheme was a central theme of the election campaign, with Labor arguing it had been mismanaged and had departed from its intended vision under the Coalition government.

The NDIS funds tailored individual plans to support the needs of those living with disabilities.

In the months before the election, reports emerged of an increased frequency in the value of plans being slashed and a significant increase in the number of appeals to those decisions.

In response, Labor pledged in its election policy document to "act urgently to stop the Morrison Government's unfair cuts to NDIS plans by introducing an Expert Review that will guarantee plans are not being unfairly reduced".

"The Expert Review will be an alternative dispute resolution mechanism that flags any decision to reduce a plan by more than 20 per cent per year, allowing it to be referred to an expert reviewer with supporting evidence," the document reads.

Assessing the promise

This promise will be considered delivered if it can be shown a mechanism has been established that would refer all decisions to cut the value of individual NDIS plans by more than 20 per cent per year to an expert review panel.

Furthermore, as Labor specified it would "act urgently", these actions must be undertaken in Labor's first term of office.

Here's how the promise is tracking:

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