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22/05/2026

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1. The Boldness is a disability-led Radio Program hosted by volunteers
2. Raphael Kaleb has spent over 400 hours volunteering this year resulting in The Boldness being a Top 30 Australian podcast
3. The Boldness has produced approximately 30 shows
4. The Boldness produced a Summer Series with all the International Day of Disability Ambassadors
5. The program conducted five interviews with Melbourne Fringe Shows

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10/05/2026

****************Special Podcast of The Boldness*****************

Response to NDIS Cuts announced by Minister Butler.

Giancarlo de Vera (they/them) is a respected disability, racial justice and LGBTIQA+ human rights advocate. Giancarlo is CEO of BEING – Mental Health Consumers, the NSW peak body for mental health consumers and psychosocial disability.
We need to know whether there is a genuine safety net for those that may be transitioned off the Scheme, and for those who will now find it harder to access support following yesterday’s announcements.

Failing to fund adequate psychosocial foundational supports will drive people into expensive, involuntary acute care. It will essentially be a crisis tax in the state. New South Wales is already paying a ‘crisis tax’, with crises driving the nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars spent over modelled levels. This 80% blowout should be spent on community support.

BEING calls for immediate transparency regarding the co-design of psychosocial supports, the public exposure of proposed Federal Government laws, and a guarantee that no one will be transitioned until adequate psychosocial foundational supports are in place.

Special Edition of The Boldness Giancarlo de Vera CEO of BEING - Mental Health Consumers - the NSW Peak for Mental Health Consumers and Physcoscocial Disability responds to cuts to the NDIS. They are a respected disability, racial justice and LGBITQA+ Hiuman Rights Advocate.

05/05/2026

Listen to the interview with Megan Spindler-Smith Acting CEO of People With Disability on Proposed Changes to the NDIS

Megan Spindler-Smith acting CEO People With Disability Australia talks with The Boldness about Proposed Changes to the NDIS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Coming soon. Giancarlo de Vera CEO of Being NSW responds to Cuts to the....

02/05/2026

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29/04/2026

Tune into The Boldness 29 April 2026 at 6 pm as Megan Spindler-Smith discusses the proposed changes to the NDIS.

“NDIS was built on choice and control. Dignity of risk, enabled through supported decision-making means we lead our lives, with everyday risks, not through other decisions for us)".

Megan Spindler-Smith is a proud disabled Leader with over two decades of driving successful inclusion, culture and change initiatives across the not-for-profit, public and private sectors. They are currently the Acting CEO of People with Disability Australia, the national cross-disability rights and advocacy organisation.

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22/04/2026

Coming Soon:
Interview with Megan Spendler-Smith, Acting CEO People With Disability Australia
Topic - Proposed Changes to the NDIS

Wednesday 29 April at 6 pm on 3CR 855 AM
Audio Only