{"id":81755,"date":"2024-07-07T17:53:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T07:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81755"},"modified":"2024-07-07T17:56:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T07:56:13","slug":"bill-shorten-says-government-funded-sex-work-will-be-scrapped-under-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=81755","title":{"rendered":"Bill Shorten says government funded sex work will be scrapped under reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says regulations that allow participants to access government-funded sex workers will be scrapped, saying it \u201cdoesn\u2019t pass the test\u201d for a service that is reasonable or necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appearing on Sky Sunday Agenda, Mr Shorten said while most NDIS participants were \u201cdoing the right thing,\u201d he conceded the \u201crules have been a bit loose at the margins\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In turn, this has led to service providers rorting the system, allowing people to claim services such as international group trips to Japan, steam rooms and cryptocurrency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe way the scheme works is you get a personal budget. We want to make sure that you get your personal budgets done with a good needs assessment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen what we want to do is make sure that you\u2019ve got the ability to get things that are reasonable and necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of me is sort of groans whenever I\u2019ve got to go through some of the rubbish that some people have claimed, but that\u2019s not what most people are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NDIS and Government Services Minister Bill Shorten said rules which dictate personal budgets on the NDIS have become \u2018a bit loose at the margins\u2019. Picture: NewsWire\/ Martin Ollman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked specifically about whether participants could continue to claim the use of sex workers under the proposed new reforms, Mr Shorten ruled it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not a sustainable proposition. It just doesn\u2019t pass the test,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he added the government was only aware of \u201cone or two\u201d examples of it happening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not what\u2019s happening in most of the scheme,\u201d Mr Shorten said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile people with disabilities are currently able to access government-funded sexual support services, strict eligibility requirements apply.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Appearing on Sky Sunday Agenda, Mr Shorten said while most NDIS participants were \u201cdoing the right thing,\u201d he conceded the \u201crules have been a bit loose at the margins\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":81756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,999,35],"tags":[5982,11285],"class_list":["post-81755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-breaking-news","tag-canberra","tag-ndis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t