Does knocking on your MP’s door make a difference?
NDIS’s Kirsten Deane talks about her ground breaking campaign for people with disabilities.
Through the engagement campaign — Every Australian Counts – people with disabilities and their carers have been at the forefront of driving action to get a National Disability Insurance Scheme off the ground. They’ve visited their local MPs, got online to make videos about their life and turn up to many events to push the message home. How has social media driven this online action? How have the MPs reacted? And will it make a difference to a scheme that will add billions to the budget bottom line?
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