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| One Nation video mocking NDIS condemned as ‘vile’ by disability advocates | One Nation video mocking NDIS condemned as ‘vile’ by disability advocates |
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| People with Disability Australia and Advocacy for Inclusion have called for Hanson to withdraw the video and apologise | People with Disability Australia and Advocacy for Inclusion have called for Hanson to withdraw the video and apologise |
| A One Nation video mocking the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which includes offensive depictions of people with a disability, has been condemned, with advocates calling for party leader Pauline Hanson to remove the video and apologise. | A One Nation video mocking the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which includes offensive depictions of people with a disability, has been condemned, with advocates calling for party leader Pauline Hanson to remove the video and apologise. |
| The clip, which was posted on Friday, is from the YouTube series Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain, and describes the NDIS as a “scam” and a “rort”. | The clip, which was posted on Friday, is from the YouTube series Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain, and describes the NDIS as a “scam” and a “rort”. |
| The People with Disability Australia president, Nicole Lee, said the video showed “insensitive cruelty” and it contained “offensive, inappropriate and inaccurate depictions of disability supports under the NDIS”. | The People with Disability Australia president, Nicole Lee, said the video showed “insensitive cruelty” and it contained “offensive, inappropriate and inaccurate depictions of disability supports under the NDIS”. |
| “People with disability experience high levels of abuse as it is and now we’re being used as cheap shots for political point scoring,” she said. | “People with disability experience high levels of abuse as it is and now we’re being used as cheap shots for political point scoring,” she said. |
| Lee said the scheme provided benefit not only to people with a disability but to the wider Australian community. | Lee said the scheme provided benefit not only to people with a disability but to the wider Australian community. |
| “Through the NDIS, people with disability are one of the biggest contributors to the Australian economy, delivering $2.25 for every dollar spent in the scheme or more than $2bn a year,” she said. | “Through the NDIS, people with disability are one of the biggest contributors to the Australian economy, delivering $2.25 for every dollar spent in the scheme or more than $2bn a year,” she said. |
| The NDIS was legislated in 2013 and entitles people under 65 who have a full and permanent disability to funding for relevant support services. The scheme supports more than 550,000 Australians. | The NDIS was legislated in 2013 and entitles people under 65 who have a full and permanent disability to funding for relevant support services. The scheme supports more than 550,000 Australians. |
| The second largest social program after the pension, the NDIS cost $35.8bn in 2022-23. The scheme is forecast to cost more than $50bn a year by 2025-26. Blaming Coalition neglect, Labor has announced an independent review into the scheme, which is expected to be handed to disability reform ministers by October 2023. | The second largest social program after the pension, the NDIS cost $35.8bn in 2022-23. The scheme is forecast to cost more than $50bn a year by 2025-26. Blaming Coalition neglect, Labor has announced an independent review into the scheme, which is expected to be handed to disability reform ministers by October 2023. |
| The One Nation video was also described as reprehensible by the disability discrimination commissioner, Ben Gauntlett. | The One Nation video was also described as reprehensible by the disability discrimination commissioner, Ben Gauntlett. |
| “Politically motivated and callous use of humour at the expense of people with disability does not improve social policy. Rather, it creates fear, division and resentment,” he wrote on Twitter. | “Politically motivated and callous use of humour at the expense of people with disability does not improve social policy. Rather, it creates fear, division and resentment,” he wrote on Twitter. |
| The Advocacy for Inclusion head of policy, Craig Wallace, said Hanson’s video had blatantly misrepresented the NDIS’s ability to support people on a short-term basis and called on political leaders and regular Australians to condemn the video. | The Advocacy for Inclusion head of policy, Craig Wallace, said Hanson’s video had blatantly misrepresented the NDIS’s ability to support people on a short-term basis and called on political leaders and regular Australians to condemn the video. |
| “The video inspires hatred against disabled people and is a particularly nasty and vile depiction of the lives of highly vulnerable people with disability released on Good Friday, which is a day of love and reflection for many people,” he said. | “The video inspires hatred against disabled people and is a particularly nasty and vile depiction of the lives of highly vulnerable people with disability released on Good Friday, which is a day of love and reflection for many people,” he said. |
| Wallace condemned the video’s suggestion people with a disability were “scamming” the NDIS. | Wallace condemned the video’s suggestion people with a disability were “scamming” the NDIS. |
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| “We know we are actually more likely to be the victims of scams, poor services and rip offs by services and businesses seeking to profit from disabled people.” | “We know we are actually more likely to be the victims of scams, poor services and rip offs by services and businesses seeking to profit from disabled people.” |
| People with Disability Australia and Advocacy for Inclusion have called for Hanson to withdraw the video and apologise. | People with Disability Australia and Advocacy for Inclusion have called for Hanson to withdraw the video and apologise. |
| The federal opposition leader, Peter Dutton, last month suggested that the Coalition would offer bipartisan support for cuts to the NDIS to pay for the Aukus nuclear submarines. | The federal opposition leader, Peter Dutton, last month suggested that the Coalition would offer bipartisan support for cuts to the NDIS to pay for the Aukus nuclear submarines. |
| “It’s an incredibly important program but it needs to be sustainable,” he told ABC’s 7.30. “And if the cost trajectory of that is going to result it in falling over, I think the government itself has pointed out that’s not sustainable. | “It’s an incredibly important program but it needs to be sustainable,” he told ABC’s 7.30. “And if the cost trajectory of that is going to result it in falling over, I think the government itself has pointed out that’s not sustainable. |
| “So, if there are different ways in which we can provide support to the government, we’re happy to do that.” | “So, if there are different ways in which we can provide support to the government, we’re happy to do that.” |
| Hanson’s office has been approached for comment. | Hanson’s office has been approached for comment. |