[dbaust] FW: Ted Baillieu: Give us an NDIS

From: "Richard Howell" <r.mhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dbaust@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:49:45 +0930
 

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From: GetUp! [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012 4:18 PM
To: r.mhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Ted Baillieu: Give us an NDIS








Tell Ted Baillieu: Fund the NDIS


 
<http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ndis/victoria-fund-the-ndis/tell-ted-baillieu-to-fund-the-ndis?t=
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Email Ted
<http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ndis/victoria-fund-the-ndis/tell-ted-baillieu-to-fund-the-ndis?t=
dXNlcmlkPTExNzU4MTcsZW1haWxpZD04OTY=> Baillieu


-- We are forwarding the below email on behalf of a GetUp member who wished to 
make a special appeal
on this urgent campaign. We have not shared your personal details. -- 

Dear Richard, 

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Milly Parker and I have an 
acquired brain injury.
Although I didn't know or appreciate it at the time, I was incredibly lucky 
that my disability was
the result of a motor vehicle accident, and in a state with accident insurance 
that covers the cost
of my care now.  

How different my life would have turned out if I'd fallen off a roof or been a 
victim of domestic
violence but had the same injuries...I would be living at home with my mother 
in country Victoria,
and my only income would likely be a Disability Support Pension. Instead, with 
some support I am
able to live on my own in Melbourne. I've even created my own home business. I 
pay taxes and
contribute to the economy. 
  
As you read this, Victoria and NSW are in negotiations with the Federal 
Government, trying to hammer
out an agreement for National Disability Insurance Scheme that would benefit 
thousands of families
who've fallen through the cracks. Unfortunately, these critical talks are 
breaking down over cost
squabbling - our Premier urgently needs to hear from us so he knows what's at 
stake. Can you join me
in writing to him today? Click here to learn more and send a quick message now. 

http://www.getup.org.au/VIC-NDIS
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Right now, disability support in Australia is rightly described as a lottery. 
If that's true, I won
the lottery, but most Australians are not as fortunate. In some states, if 
you're born with a
disability or acquire one through injury, you receive absolutely no support 
whatsoever -- no matter
how much your costs skyrocket. A National Disability Insurance plan is a reform 
on the scale of
Medicare and compulsory superannuation: it would prevent countless families and 
carers from becoming
impoverished and exhausted. It will introduce common-sense, low-cost reforms 
that would remove
barriers to employment for many more people like me, saving taxpayers money 
over the long term.    

I know firsthand about the difference receiving support can mean for a chance 
at a full life, and
I'm asking that you please join me today in making it happen. Will you write a 
message to Ted
Baillieu now, while there's still time to make a difference? It may just be the 
most important thing
you do this year. 

http://www.getup.org.au/VIC-NDIS
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It's a profound thing to act to change the life of a person you will probably 
never meet. Thank you
so much,  
Milly Parker, Victoria 

PS -- Many inspiring people have been working on the NDIS for years. Learn more 
about the campaign
for an NDIS by visiting and signing up as a supporter at: 
http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/
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[dbaust] FW: Ted Baillieu: Give us an NDIS

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