Tag: MS Society
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OPINION: SA’s lifesaving services crumbling as govt fails front line
In recent months two long-standing and important South Australian-based disability service providers, Bedford Industries and most recently the MS Society, have succumbed to all-consuming financial pressures and gone into administration. Bedford was fortunate enough to secure a government-supported assistance package; the MS Society at this stage may not. While the individual circumstances for Bedford and…
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Calls for urgent intervention to stop collapse of more SA NDIS providers
Unlike both the federal and South Australian governments, the news of MS Society SA & NT’s appointment of voluntary administrators was not a surprise for the CEO of peak body National Disability Services (NDS). NDS CEO Michael Perusco told InDaily providers were forced to rely on dwindling cash reserves to stay afloat amid stringent regulation of…
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Fed Govt blindsided by SA’s multiple sclerosis society turmoil
South Australian Multiple Sclerosis not-for-profit MS Society SA and NT has appointed voluntary administrators on Monday, citing “sustained financial pressures” as the reason for its collapse. A federal government spokesperson said it was “the first the government has heard of them going into voluntary administration”. “The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing will engage with…