Geelong Independent - 05th September 2014

Page 1

Geelong

Friday, 5 September, 2014

WOLF MASTIN ON PROWL TO CITY GIG P13

Connecting people and communities

Phone: 5249 6700 Trades and Classifieds: 1300 666 808

BUCKETS & BOUQUETS PAGE 8

GREAT IDEAS FOR HEALTHY LIVING P27-29 Parliamentary committee told:

New GC out this Friday The region’s best glossy lifestyle magazine

NDIS ‘risks lives’

ELODIE RUSSELL MEET

GEELONG’S NEXT BIG MODEL

LOCAL LOVE TROPICAL PROPOSAL WOOS JENN DAY

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN

SPRING INTO FASHION WHA

PROBLEMS plaguing the Geelong-based National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) are risking the lives of disabled people, a parliamentary committee has heard. Vanda Fear told the committee her son Paul had been put “badly at risk”. She said “argy-bargy” between Victoria’s health department and the NDIA, which administers the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), had “absolutely torn apart” his support package. “We were told that if you had an existing ISP (individual support package) you would not be disadvantaged in any way by this scheme coming in,” Ms Fear told the committee. “Not everybody has higher health needs as well as a disability, as our son has. The argy-bargy...between health and disability has put our son at risk so badly.” Ms Fear said her son “had the best therapist in Geelong” but she was fighting to keep his therapy component under the NDIS. “We have been told that they do not fund it but we have been told neither does anybody else. We did not get it funded by anybody. “We had to try everywhere and get it from DHS because there was nobody else in Victoria who could pay for it. But now we have been told that it is not going to be paid.” Ms Fear said the cost of an independent therapy assessment had soared from $80 to $300 an hour under the NDIS. Continued page 5

T’S HOT AT LOCAL RETAILERS

BACKING IT UP GEELONG’S UNIQUE THEATRE TROUPE

CNA Awards Best Special Publication

LOCAL PEOPLE LOCAL ISSUES LOCAL STYLE Available at all good local newsagents

BLUFF HOUSE STYLISH DESIGN BLENDS INTO COAST

CNA BEST SPECIAL PUBLICATION

ALL FIRED UP

SPRING 2014 AUS $5.50 (inc GST)

LUKE WOOD TURNS UP THE HEA IN NEW FUNDRAISING CALEND T AR

For servicing and repairs with manufacturer’s warranty not affected see Geelong’s Ford Specialist.

T J B “The dealer alternative”

5244 3337 8 Maxwell Ave, Belmont 1064920-KG9-13

the

SELL I N G A P R O P E R T Y ? Join thousands of Australian’s who have sold privately

PAY NO COMMISSION EVER!

It’s easy It’s proven It works Sell privately from $295.00

Pty Ltd

297 Moorabool St Geelong

Ph: 5223 1749 2 Sessions daily Wed-Sat

12:10pm • 7-10pm FUN FILLED ENTERTAINMENT • Great Prizes • Big Jackpots

CANTEEN FACILITIES FRIENDLY STAFF

MULTIPLE WEBSITES AUSTRALIA WIDE

www.NoAgentProperty.com.au

bingo centre 1153190-CB36-14

FORD OWNERS

1153167-DC37-14

EIGHT-PAGE LIFT-OUT GUIDE TO GEELONG SENIORS FESTIVAL INSIDE TODAY

1300 850 855

FUNDRAISING AVAILABLE FOR ORGANISATIONS www.palaisbingo.com.au


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
Geelong Independent - 05th September 2014 by Star News Group - Issuu