Decolonising the NDIS: a third space to account for First Nations' values

Nikidehaghani, Mona; Pupovac, Sanja

doi:10.1108/aaaj-01-2023-6258

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“…In modern-day Australia, First Nations people frequently find themselves engaged in initiatives deeply anchored in prevailing Western “standardizing” methods (Nikidehaghani and Pupovac 2023). Such initiatives often disregard the distinct cultural principles and practices inherent to First Nations communities.…”

Section: Health Care Decolonizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Path to Decolonizing Health Care Services: The Role of Marketing

George,

D’Alessandro,

Mehmet

et al. 2023

Journal of Marketing

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Despite considerable investment, health outcomes for First Nations people are well below those of the rest of the population in several countries, including Canada, the USA, and Australia. In this paper, we draw on actor-network theory and the case of “Birthing on Country,” a successful policy initiative led by First Nations Australians, to explore the decolonization of health services. Using publicly available archival data and the theoretical guidance of actor-network theory, our analysis offers insight into how marketing techniques and technologies can be deployed to achieve improved health outcomes and implement decolonial approaches. The insights provided have theoretical implications for marketing scholarship, social implications for understanding and implementing an agenda of decolonization, and practical implications for healthcare marketing.

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Section: Health Care Decolonizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Path to Decolonizing Health Care Services: The Role of Marketing

George,

D’Alessandro,

Mehmet

et al. 2023

Journal of Marketing

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“…Nevertheless, neither Cortese et al. (2021) nor Nikidehaghani and Pupovac (2023) thoroughly investigate the neoliberal principles behind the NDIS or the role of accounting in implementing those objectives.…”

Section: The Ndis Neoliberalism and Accountingmentioning

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“…They suggest that changing the NDIS funding system to incorporate First Nations' views on accountability for disability care could help to decolonise the NDIS. Nevertheless, neither Cortese et al (2021) nor Nikidehaghani and Pupovac (2023) thoroughly investigate the neoliberal principles behind the NDIS or the role of accounting in implementing those objectives.…”

Section: The Ndis Neoliberalism and Accountingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They observe that people with disabilities from low socio-economic backgrounds are often excluded from the NDIS due to their presumed inability to comply with the scheme. Recent work by Nikidehaghani and Pupovac (2023) also reports that privatising disability services via the NDIS has inadvertently exacerbated existing inequalities experienced by First Nations people with disabilities living in remote areas. They suggest that changing the NDIS funding system to incorporate First Nations' views on accountability for disability care could help to decolonise the NDIS.…”

Section: The Ndis Neoliberalism and Accountingmentioning

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Accounting and neoliberal responsibilisation: a case study on the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

Nikidehaghani

2023

AAAJ

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PurposeThis paper aims to explore how accounting is fostering neoliberal citizenship through the participants of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). More specifically, this paper aims to understand how accounting discourse and the management accounting technique of budgeting, when intertwined with automated administrative processes of the NDIS, are giving rise to a pastoral form of power that directs people’s behaviour toward certain ends.Design/methodology/approachPublicly available data has been crafted into an autoethnographic case study of one fictitious person’s experiences with the NDIS – Mina. Mina is an amalgam created from material submitted to the Joint Parliamentary Standing Committee on the NDIS. Mina’s experiences are then analysed through the lens of Foucault’s concept of pastoral power to explore how accounting has contributed to marketising and digitising public disability services.FindingsAccounting rhetoric appears to be a central part of rationalising the decision to shift to individualised disability funding. Those receiving payments are treated as self-governable, financially responsible subjects and are therefore expected to have knowledge of management accounting techniques and budgeting. However, NDIS’s strong reliance on the accounting concepts of funds, budgets, cost and price is limiting people’s autonomy and subjecting them to intervention and control.Originality/valueThis paper addresses calls to explore the interplay between accounting and current disability policies. The analysis shows that incorporating accounting into the NDIS’s algorithms serves to conceal the underlying ideology of the programs, subtly driving behaviours towards neoliberal objectives. Further, this research extends the Foucauldian accounting literature by revealing the contribution of accounting to reinforcing the authority of digital pastors in contemporary times.

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Compensatory justice and accountability for First Nations peoples: the Timber Creek case

Norris,

Kutubi,

Finau

2024

AAAJ

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PurposeThis paper examines the state’s accountability to its citizens, in particular the First Peoples of settler colonial nations such as Australia, and how these responsibilities may be enacted via a process of compensatory justice in Native Title claims. We focus on the landmark Timber Creek ruling and the impacts of racialized preconceptions on the accountability outcomes of the case.Design/methodology/approachThis study draws on critical race theory to reveal embedded racialised perspectives that perpetuate exclusion and discriminatory outcomes. Court documents including hearing transcripts, case judgements, witness statements, appellant and respondent submissions, expert reports and responses from First Nations leaders, form the basis of our analysis.FindingsThe case highlights how the compensation awarded to Native Title holders was based on racialised assumptions that prioritised neoliberal values, commercial activities and reaching a “socially acceptable” judgement over valuing Aboriginal uses of land. A critical analysis of court documents reveals the pervasiveness of presumed “objectivity” in the use of accounting tools to calculate economic value and the accountability implications of a process based on litigation, not negotiation. These findings reveal the hiding places offered by calculative practices that equate neoliberal priorities with accountability and reaffirm the importance of alternative accountings to resist inequitable distributive outcomes.Originality/valueNovel insights, drawing on First Nations peoples’ connections to land and their perspectives on accountability and justice, are offered in this study. Our analysis of Native Title holders’ submissions to the courts alongside historical and anthropological sources leads to the conclusion that compensation decisions regarding Native Title land must be approached from the perspective of Aboriginal landowners if accountable outcomes are to be achieved.

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Decolonising the NDIS: a third space to account for First Nations' values

Cited by 5 publications

References 56 publications

On the Path to Decolonizing Health Care Services: The Role of Marketing

On the Path to Decolonizing Health Care Services: The Role of Marketing

Accounting and neoliberal responsibilisation: a case study on the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

Compensatory justice and accountability for First Nations peoples: the Timber Creek case

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