Kurt Fearnley

2022 - 9 - 26

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Kurt Fearnley appointed NDIA chair - Government News (Government News)

Paralympian and disability advocate Kurt Fearnley has been appointed chairman of the board of the National Disability Insurance Agency.

“Having people with disability in key positions on the board is essential if we are to live up to the principles of the Scheme’s formation 10 years ago,” he said. “Having more people with disability in leadership positions will pivot the scheme and rebuild trust with the disability sector.” “The new board members each bring extensive experience in the corporate and public sectors as well as lived experience of disability,” Mr Shorten said.

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Kurt Fearnley appointed NDIA chairman as costly legal battle looms (The Australian Financial Review)

Paralympian Kurt Fearnley will chair the agency overseeing the $29 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme as the federal government faces a ...

He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. The average NDIS participant gets $111,000 per year while the means-tested aged care scheme is limited to $56,000, Mitry says. Rebecca Falkingham was appointed NDIA chief executive. [Michael Read](/by/michael-read-p4yw7h)reports from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. “There are people in the community who say that the quality of disability care after the age of 65 is inferior to the quality of disability care before 65,” Mr Shorten said. “Whether or not the solution is an NDIS, which would be very expensive, or an improvement in the quality of disability care in aged care, that’ll be a matter for the whole of the government to talk through.”

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