Disability employment provider Bedford is hoping the federal government will throw it a financial lifeline to avoid the company entering voluntary administration.
But Minister for Health, Ageing and Disability Mark Butler has warned the government does not usually put taxpayer money into a “failing organisation”.
In a statement on Thursday, Bedford said it would enter voluntary administration on Sunday, July 27 after an “exhaustive negotiation process with the state and federal governments, banking and commercial partners NAB”.
This morning on ABC Radio Adelaide, the organisation’s chair Janet Miller said Bedford still hoped to avoid closure, and blamed the NDIS for its current position.
“”We’re hoping that we don’t go into voluntary…