NDIS promises to clear application backlog and defends opposition to sex therapy ruling

Exclusive: National Disability Insurance Scheme acting CEO Vicki Rundle says Stuart Robert’s intervention only ‘temporary’

The enormous backlog of National Disability Insurance Scheme applications that forced the Morrison government to adopt interim plans for children will be cleared by the end of the year, the agency has said.

Disability advocates welcomed an intervention from the new minister, Stuart Robert, in June to offer standardised $10,000 plans for children who would otherwise be waiting longer than 50 days but warned the measure should only be a stop-gap.

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