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The National Disability Insurance Scheme

An Australian Public Policy Experiment

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Editors:
  1. Mhairi Cowden

    1. Nous Group, Perth, Australia

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  2. Claire McCullagh

    1. Nous Group, Perth, Australia

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  • Analyzes Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the theoretical principles which underpin it
  • Examines traditional notions of paternalism in public policy
  • Identifies key insights for moral philosophy, public policy and social service scholars and practitioners

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh
      Pages 3-11

    3. The History of Disability Services in Australia

      • Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh
      Pages 13-33

    4. Australia Before the National Disability Insurance Scheme

      • Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh, Jennifer Tran
      Pages 35-52

    5. What Is the NDIS?

      • Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh
      Pages 53-78

    6. The NDIS Trials

      • Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh, Jennifer Tran
      Pages 79-100

    7. Transition to Full Scheme

      • Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh, Jennifer Tran
      Pages 101-122

    8. The Philosophy of the NDIS

      • Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh
      Pages 123-141

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Implementation Challenges in the NDIS

      • Gemma Carey, Eleanor Malbon
      Pages 145-160

    3. Mental Health and the NDIS: Making It Work for People with Psychosocial Disability

      • Theresa Williams, Geoffrey Smith
      Pages 161-191

    4. The National Disability Insurance Scheme and Health Care

      • Ian Thompson
      Pages 193-204

    5. Housing and the National Disability Insurance Scheme

      • Ilan Wiesel
      Pages 205-223

    6. Children and the National Disability Insurance Scheme

      • Mhairi Cowden
      Pages 225-243

    7. Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing, and Responding to NDIS Thin Markets

      • Jody Barney
      Pages 245-255

    8. “The Scheme Was Designed with a Very Different Idea in Mind of Who a Disabled Person Is”: The National Disability Insurance Scheme and People with Intellectual Disability

      • Christine Bigby
      Pages 257-283

    9. Inclusion, Work and Wellbeing: Shifting Perceptions of Disability and Employability Through the National Disability Insurance Scheme

      • Sue Olney
      Pages 285-304

    10. The Role of the Actuary in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

      • Ash Evans, Alan Greenfield, Sarah Wood
      Pages 305-327

    11. The National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Not-for-Profit Sector

      • Penny Knight
      Pages 329-356
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Keywords

About this book

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (known commonly as the NDIS) was introduced as a radical new way of funding disability services in Australia. It is a rare moment in politics and policy making that an idea as revolutionary, ambitious and expensive as the NDIS makes it into its implementation phase. Not surprising, then, that the NDIS has been described by many as the biggest social shift in Australia since Medicare. 


This book will be a key text for scholars and public policy professionals wishing to understand the NDIS, how it was designed, and lessons learned through its introduction and roll-out. The book addresses how the NDIS has intersected with particular cohorts and sectors, and some of the challenges that have arisen. It highlights the experiences of people with disability through a collection of personal stories from participants and families in the NDIS. 


The key insights from this large scale public policy experiment are relevant for anyone interested in social change in Australia, or internationally. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Nous Group, Perth, Australia

    Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh

About the editors

Mhairi Cowden is a public policy professional and researcher. She has worked for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in Western Australia advising on community services including the NDIS. Her previous publications include ‘Children’s Rights: From Philosophy to Public Policy’. She holds a PhD from the Australian National University. 


Claire McCullagh is currently a Director at Nous Group, Australia. She is a consultant and public policy professional. She has previously held senior policy positions within the Western Australian Government, including the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Mental Health Commission and the Disability Services Commission. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The National Disability Insurance Scheme

  • Book Subtitle: An Australian Public Policy Experiment

  • Editors: Mhairi Cowden, Claire McCullagh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2244-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2243-4Published: 03 August 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2246-5Published: 04 August 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-2244-1Published: 02 August 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 451

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Disability Studies, Politics of the Welfare State, Public Policy, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Health Policy

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