色狼社区slams heartless NSW Government for wiping its hands of disability services
色狼社区media release
The Public Service Association has attacked the NSW Government for scrapping public disability services on the same day a billion dollar NDIS cost blow out has been revealed.
鈥淭his is the worst possible time for the NSW Government to be washing its hands of public disability services,鈥 said 色狼社区General Secretary, Stewart Little.
鈥淚t鈥檚 the disaster this union has been warning about for some time.
鈥淣SW Minister for Disability Services, Ray Williams is about to preside over the greatest social tragedy NSW has ever seen. That鈥檚 quite a legacy.鈥
The fate of tens of thousands of people with disabilities 鈥 the most vulnerable in our community 鈥 is now being handed to non-Government operators who will be focused on profits.
It comes as a new report from the Federal Health Department reveals it under estimated by聽 30,000 the number of people expected to access the NDIS 鈥 leading to a cost blow out of $1 billion.
鈥淭here is not going to be the money nor the capacity to properly service people with disability under the NDIS and by June 2018, the NSW Government will have completely stepped out of that space,鈥 Mr Little said.
鈥淣SW will be the only state in Australia with no Government safety net, throwing the care of people with disability into free fall.
鈥淭ens of thousands stand to fall through the cracks destined to land in the state鈥檚 hospitals, mental health facilities and even the criminal justice system –聽 areas lacking expertise in specialist disability care.鈥