George Taleporos
@drgeorgethecrip
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Disability rights advocate, expert in disability reform, PhD, NDIS Podcast Host Reasonable & Necessary The views I express are my own. Posts I share may not be.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined November 2011
Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Breaking News: Minister Butler Outlines Major Shake-Up of the NDIS https://t.co/GjvRcshJzi via @LinkedIn
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Today at the National Press Club, Mark Butler, Minister for the NDIS, Disability, Health and Ageing, delivered what he called a defining speech about the future of the scheme. In a series of major...
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Encourage Airlines, Boeing and Airbus to Make Air Travel Accessible For All - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/PAeF2at97F via @ChangeAUS
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Encourage Airlines, Boeing and Airbus to Make Air Travel Accessible For All
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Check out my latest article: The Grattan Institute slams "complex, overbearing, bureaucratically burdensome" support lists https://t.co/9wpghCYoNa via @LinkedIn
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The Grattan Institute has called for the removal of rigid support lists that dictate what NDIS participants can and cannot purchase with their funding. These lists, introduced through the interim...
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Check out my latest article: It’s Time to Tackle the Iceberg That’s Still Forcing Us Into Group Homes https://t.co/1mpLJbPa1K via @LinkedIn
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People with disability have fought for decades to be treated as equal citizens, to live in our own homes, to choose who we live with, and to decide how we are supported. These are not radical ideas.
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@Greens should seriously consider @SenatorJordon for Party Leader. Not because he just won the biggest election victory in Greens history for a WA leader. Not just because the community love the guy. And not just because of his integrity. It's time. @AdamBandt @TheGreensWA
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📣 People with disability don’t just belong on advisory panels or on consultative committees. We belong in Parliament, as decision-makers. Congratulations @alifrance5
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📣 People with disability don’t just belong on advisory panels or on consultative committees. We belong in Parliament, as decision-makers and leaders. As Ministers. As Prime Ministers. Just imagine...
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I have a personal favour for those who admire the work of Senator Jordon Steele-John and his advocacy for our community. He’s holding a campaigning phone party tomorrow night. I’m flying to WA and will be there. But you can join in from other states. Can you help? Deets up next.
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Check out my latest article: Mandatory Registration Won’t Guarantee Quality—But It Will Increase the Cost and Reduce the Effectiveness of the NDIS
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Orginally published in The Australian with a different title Content warning: Discusses violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability The National Disability Insurance Scheme was built on the...
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#AusDisLit nonfiction from 2025 by George Taleporos @drgeorgethecrip Memories of Stella Young https://t.co/5ZDgaKTvYz
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Last week I was interviewed for an upcoming documentary on the life of comedian, writer and disability advocate, Stella Young. So I took some time to reflect on our friendship, her life, her career...
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NDIS participants want safety, quality … and choice https://t.co/kqz3fBEYH0 via @australian
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Check out my latest article: “We Are Absolutely Done…”: First Joint Interview with NDIS Commission Leaders Calls for Urgent Action https://t.co/Q0ZwldiycB via @LinkedIn
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In an exclusive first joint interview, both leaders of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission — Commissioner Louise Glanville and Associate Commissioner Natalie Wade — sit down with Summer...
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Our friend and quiet achiever Peter Lane-Collett, who died of COVID (contracted from a support worker). He leaves behind Marayke, family, friends and community. Beautiful memories. But Peter still had a life to live. Our lives are of the same value as others.
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Thank you @AmandaRishworth for joining me to discuss the #NDIS. Please share @EveryAustralian
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💬 “Australian of the Year, Neale Daniher’s recognition is a chance to change the NDIS conversation.” EAC Chair Dr. George Taleporos urges us to move beyond cost-cutting & focus on the NDIS as essential infrastructure for dignity & rights. Read more: https://t.co/qSk8Bo3g0e
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Independent Chair George Taleporos & Steering Committee Member Nick Avery met with Minister for the NDIS, Amanda Rishworth. They discussed co-design, community concerns & foundational supports - key to a stronger NDIS. Looking forward to working together! #ProtectTheNDIS
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So grateful for the opportunity to meet with our new Minister for the #NDIS @AmandaRishworth Rishworth. We had a deep discussion about the importance of effective and meaningful co-design and ensuring that the NDIS reforms result in positive outcomes for people with disabilities
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Dear Community I said I had an announcement - this is it! A FREE activism course for disabled folk. Only cost is a subscription to Disability Busters! The course starts in March. We need to organise, activate and fight back. Let's do this thing!
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Please check out and share my story in today's @GuardianAus "The NDIS, like Medicare, is insurance for all of us – a safety net that ensures reasonable and necessary support for everyone in our community, should we ever need it." See the full story: https://t.co/RzM98V2dF3
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By amplifying the voices and experiences of people with high support needs, the Australian of the Year could help steer the narrative towards human outcomes
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***PLEASE URGENTLY SHARE*** This is bad. And this is now. Let’s talk about the codesign process that the NDIA are undertaking right now. Or, as we like to call it - the ratification of a foregone conclusion. Remember NDIS independent assessments? #independentAssessments #auspol
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