Man’s Labyrinth

The maze of modern bureaucracy

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  • Published 20250805
  • ISBN: 978-1-923213-10-4
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GOD MAY WORK in mysterious ways, but senior bureaucrats are damned near inscrutable.

Towards the end of 2024, as the managers in charge of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) used the cover of sweeping reform to accelerate efforts to ‘reassess’ the eligibility of existing participants, I was shown several letters sent by officials demanding new evidence of existing impairments. 

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Rick Morton

Rick Morton is a writer and reporter from Queensland.   Photo credit: Dany Weus

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