The inaugural Kim Santow law and social justice panel: The promise and pitfalls of a marketised NDIS

In-person event

Supported by the Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Fund, Sydney Law School’s annual panel discussion closely examines a legal issue in its socio-cultural context, with social justice and human rights considerations central to the discussion.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) holds great promise for improving the lives of people living with disability, but due to its marketised structure it also has a number of pitfalls. To discuss this difficult policy issue, this year’s panel brings together a range of perspectives:

• Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum AO – Ron is the former Dean of Sydney Law School and an expert in disability and labour law. He was a part-time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and in October 2022 was appointed as one of three independent expert reviewers by the NDIS.
• Dr Angela Jackson -Dr Jackson is lead economist at Impact Economics and Policy, with expertise in distributional analysis, labour markets, disability, health, gender, housing and fiscal policy. She has authored a number of major reports on housing policy, and the importance of investing in social housing for an equitable economic recovery from COVID-19.
• Deborah Connors – Deborah has been a NDIS client since late 2016. She has experienced and employed a variety of support services in that time – including carers, cleaners, nurses and physiotherapists. The experience has run the gamut from superb and life changing, to terrible and despairing. As a result of the good support services, she eventually found Deborah has been able to continue to work fulltime and participate fully in life, and is living evidence of the NDIS goals.
• Giancarlo de Vera – Giancarlo is the Senior Manager of Policy at People with Disability Australia. They are a passionate advocate for disability, multiculturalism, racial justice, LGBTIQ+ affairs and cultural diversity. Giancarlo was recently named as one of the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians of 2021.

The panel discussion will be facilitated by Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Ben Gauntlett.

The discussion will be followed by audience questions, refreshments, and presentation of the Inaugural Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Essay Prize.

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Thursday 1 December 2022, 6-7.30pm

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This event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.