The Undesirable Present and Future of Disability Support in Tropical Far North Queensland, Australia
Peer, Jasmin (2025) The Undesirable Present and Future of Disability Support in Tropical Far North Queensland, Australia. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 24 (1). pp. 304-326.
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Abstract
This paper examines the undesirable present and potential future of disability support in tropical Far North Queensland (FNQ), Australia, focusing on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Ethnographic research reveals three key challenges: bureaucratic complexity, inequality caused by tropical rurality, and neoliberal systemic exploitation. The NDIS’s neoliberal, market-driven approach has inadvertently led to fraudulent practices and inadequate service provision in FNQ. Recent legislative changes, including the NDIS Amendment Bill 2024, consolidate existing problems rather than offer reform, presenting a vision of an undesirable future. The paper also argues that the NDIS’s social model of disability falls short due to overemphasis on individual autonomy. This paper thus discusses the undesirable shape of tropical disability futures in Far North Queensland, Australia.
| Item ID: | 88403 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1448-2940 |
| Keywords: | Far North Queensland, National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS, tropical Australia, Tropical Disability Futures, tropical rurality |
| Copyright Information: | Published by James Cook University, a leading research institution on critical issues facing the Tropics. Free open access, Scopus Scimago Q1. Indexed: Google Scholar, DOAJ, Crossref, Ulrich's, SHERPA/RoMEO, Pandora. ISSN 1448-2940. Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 free to download, save and reproduce. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2026 06:00 |
| FoR Codes: | 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4409 Social work > 440903 Social program evaluation @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2301 Community services > 230101 Ability and disability @ 100% |
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