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S8 E02 – When Policy Shifts Hit Practice: An OT Perspective On What’s Next
Featuring honorary member: Muriel Cummins!
The disability landscape is changing fastAcross the NDIS, early childhood and broader disability policy, reform is moving quickly and in multiple directions at once. For...
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S8E01 – New Year, New Pressures: What the Pricing Consultation Means for OTs
Many OT teams are feeling the same mix right now – strong referral demand alongside shifting rules and inconsistent NDIA decision making. It’s hard to plan services, hard to train early career clinicians and hard to...
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S7E10 - Sarah, Nikki & Alyce signing off for 2025
The “slow crawl” quite a few of us are feeling End-of-year fatigue looks different depending on your role. For some clinicians, cancellations start rolling in and caseloads thin out. For others, it’s the opposite –...
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S7E09 - Fairness at Risk: How New Planning Reforms Could Reshape Everyday OT Practice
As the year winds down, many OTs are crawling toward the finish line rather than gliding over it. Last-minute calls for urgent functional assessments, section 100 reports and crisis planning keep landing on already...
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S7E08 - Inconsistency, Delays and Risk: The NDIS Reality Check
As the year comes to a close, many OTs are feeling stretched. Illness, client demand, school schedules and end-of-year fatigue all shape the workload long before the NDIS is even factored in. When you add shifting...
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S7E07 - Crunch Time Again: Inside the New Pricing Analysis and Disability Sector Report
Navigating sector uncertainty and what OTs need to know right nowThe disability sector continues to shift rapidly, with new reports, pricing discussions and workforce pressures influencing how providers operate. For...
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S7E06 - The Year End Squeeze: Protecting Your Energy as NDIS Changes Accelerate
The emotional load of the festive season
As the year winds down many OTs are running on empty. December brings concerts, Secret Santas, toy drives and family events but it also brings rushed reports, urgent NDIS...
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S7E05 - Wrapping Up the Year While the NDIS Ramps Up
As the year closes, many OTs are juggling exhaustion, rising referrals, shifting NDIS rules and pressure from both paediatric and adult caseloads. The overlapping demands can feel chaotic, yet they share common themes...
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S7E04 - From Knowledge to Practice: Making OT Conferences Matter
Conferences are more than name badges and slides. Done well, they sharpen clinical judgement, build community and turn tricky ideas into steps you can use right away at work. Fresh from Rotorua during the Oceania...
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S70E3 - OT Week Special Episode
S7E02 - What’s Changing Now: NDIS Therapy and Respite Updates Explained
Recent NDIS updates are reshaping how therapy supports and respite services are delivered and justified. Two new documents – the Therapy Support Guideline and the Short-Term Respite Guideline – mark a significant...
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S7E01 - It’s Not the Tool, It’s the Process: The ICAN Conversation
 The recent announcement confirming the ICAN tool as the foundation for future NDIS support needsassessments has sparked serious discussion across the Occupational Therapy community. While many clinicians recognise...
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