NDIS Cuts: Vulnerable Australians Pay for Neoliberal 'Efficiency'
According to The Guardian, NDIS architect Martin Laverty warns that not-for-profit disability services are closing due to price caps, with providers reporting nearly 4% operating loss. This isn't an unforeseen oopsie; it’s the predictable outcome of a system designed to incrementally starve public services by glorifying 'market efficiency.' When governments demand 'not-for-profit' deliver services
at a for-profit bottom line, while simultaneously gutting their funding, the 'not-for-profit' part goes first. It's a classic austerity play: manufacture a crisis, then privatize the carcass. One might wonder at what point 'untenably low' becomes simply 'inhumane' when it affects the most vulnerable. This isn't just about 'flaws in pricing'; it's about a systemic devaluation of care by those who
prefer to cut corners where they believe they won't feel the consequences. The real 'efficiency' at play is the efficient transfer of responsibility from the state to the struggling few, all packaged as prudent fiscal management. What's next, charging the disabled for the air they breathe?