Studies from Griffith University Yield New Data on Social Policy and Society [Agendas of Reform: Continuity and Change In Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (Ndis)]: Global Views – Social Policy and Society

2024 APR 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Global Views - Social Policy and Society have been published. According to news reporting originating from Brisbane, Australia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “This article used text mining processes to map continuity and change in policy principles of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia and reflect on the underlying agendas of reform.”

Financial support for this research came from Australian Research Council.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Griffith University, “Specifically, this research aimed to: (1) examine the substantive content of the NDIS legislative, operational and reform documentation, (2) assess changes in objects, principles and issues over time, and (3) discuss the implications of these shifting logics and agendas. To achieve this, text mining approaches were applied to ten key NDIS documents from 2011 to 2019.The findings included a low prevalence of ‘rights’-based terminology, sustained attention to Scheme ‘costs’ but limited latterly attention to ‘sustainability’, and increasing prominence of interpersonal (e.g., ‘family’, ‘community’) and decision-making terminology (e.g., ‘decision’, ‘review’).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “How these shifts have influenced subsequent proposed reforms is explored and ongoing dilemmas about designing policy that ensures rights and entitlements, while balancing cost, sustainability and consistency are identified.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Agendas of Reform: Continuity and Change In Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (Ndis). Social Policy and Society, 2024. Social Policy and Society can be contacted at: Cambridge Univ Press, Edinburgh Bldg, Shaftesbury Rd, CB2 8RU Cambridge, England. (Cambridge University Press - www.cambridge.org; Social Policy and Society - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SPS)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Eloise Hummell, Griffith University, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Hopkins Ctr, Brisbane, Australia. Additional authors for this research include Samantha J. Borg, Michele Foster, Kylie Burns and Susan Harris Rimmer.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746424000101. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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