New: Linda Reynolds says NDIS independent assessments are coming. “Pause” for consultation is just to figure out how they will work. theguardian.com/australia-news…
For what it's worth, Reynolds' opening statement is here. Outlines where she wants to go as minister and it is very, very notable that there is so much emphasis on scheme sustainability. aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…
Linda Reynolds' rhetorical question from her opening statement – "Is the NDIS actually making people less functional over time?" – has raised some eyebrows. It was not in her prepared remarks, which were tabled in parliament. 
Most disability groups welcomed Reynolds' "pause" because they thought it meant independent assessments might not go ahead at all. Now Reynolds says she's always been clear that there must be IAs in "some form", which is clearly not the message the community had received.
As a journalist who has been trying to parse the minister's comments for a month, I can say she was not clear about it. There were signs that what she said today was what she meant, but you had to know what to look for. "Clear" would have been what she finally said today.
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