Law for Community Workers

Episode 3. The NDIS and your rights as a consumer


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From July 2017, NSW has fully transitioned onto the NDIS. For the first time, Australian Consumer Law now applies to the provision of goods and services under this scheme.


In this podcast we discuss:


  •  The basics of consumer law as it applies to the NDIS

  • How to spot potential issues, and

  • The appropriate referral channels.

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    Referrals and more information


    You can find more information about the NDIS:


    • at ndis.gov.au

  • at NSW Fair Trading

  • Look after yourself


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    Acknowledgments


    The music in our Law for Community Workers on the go podcasts is Blue Highway by Podington Bear licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/


    Legal Aid NSW has met all our legal copyright and intellectual property obligations in the preparation of these podcasts. 

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