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Why the Bedford situation is a major wake-up call

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30.07.2025

The near collapse of Bedford is another wake-up call that we need to put people before profit-driven business models, writes The Wyatt Trust CEO Stacey Thomas.

Like many, I was dismayed last week to see the news of Bedford Group headed for voluntary administration.

As an organisation with an 80-year history providing support for 1400 people with disability across South Australia, the hole this would create in the lives of the people they support and their families was unlikely to be easily or quickly filled by alternative providers.

But what disheartened me more was the announcement that the NDIS model was not sustainable for supported employment.

On the same day Bedford’s news hit the headlines,........

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