NDIS rollout fails to reduce the number of young people in nursing homes

Gaps in support approved, difficulty finding supports with the funding provided, a lack of suitable housing for people with disability all contribute to the shameful fact of 6,000 younger Australians living in aged care facilities - a number that has barely budged in the past decade despite the nationwide rollout of the NDIS.

Nursing homes, geared towards people at the end stage of life, are no place to provide the support, lifestyle and hope of younger people with functional impairments.

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Single father takes his own life with £4.61 in bank waiting for Universal Credit

Single father Phillip Herron posted a tearful selfie moments before taking his own life after being left heavily in debt with pay day loans and threatened with
eviction whilst waiting for Universal Credit - the UK benefit payment which, like with Australia's fine Centrelink, causes recipients great suffering whilst waiting for payment, with the added cruelty of being paid on a monthly basis only.

A month is forever when you're down to your last few bucks.

A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions stated "Suicide is a very complex issue, so it would be wrong to link it solely to someone’s benefit claim."

What a cop out.

Universal credit was introduced in 2010 as part of British austerity measures. 

The UK spent £67 on the Royal Family last year.

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