Govt scraps NDIS ‘robo-planning’ after states revolt. By Denham Sadler, InnovationAus

In July 2021, following the Australian government’s back down on NDIS ‘robo-planning’, I was interviewed by InnovationAus. I have long believed that the marketing hype and lure of the promised land of algorithms would be irresistible for any government. I have been proved right. Here’s what I said following the back down in July 2021:

'But Ms Johnson said she’s concerned that the NDIS will continue with the use of technology and algorithms in the scheme.

“I have no trust that those will stop. The fundamental problems with the NDIS systems and processes need to be fixed first, before anything is laid over the top of it,” she said.

“I have no confidence that the algorithm work will stop. There has been two years of work on this – I can’t see that any of that will be thrown out, although it should be.”

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