SHADOW Labor NDIS minister, Bill Shorten addressed an enthusiastic crowd at the Nicholas Hotel, Beechworth last Friday evening with Nadia David, the ALP candidate for Indi.

"Nadia will be a great federal politician, she has a wonderful supportive family, she is very active in the community, she understands the needs of ordinary locals and has first–hand experience of caring for the disabled," he said.

"She knows that under the current government disability care has been turned into a 'business' while originally under Labor it was designed as a safety net where citizens in need were treated as individuals, not just people in crisis who must fill out forms every year.

"Our proposal is to provide those in need with individualized packages designed together with a real person who would be answerable to the government."

Ms David, who served as a police officer in NSW and holds a law degree, agreed.

"In 2016 we moved to Beechworth and we are forever grateful to the local police and volunteers who found our disabled son who was lost overnight in thick bushland," she said.

"If elected I will be a strong advocate for proper care for the disabled, and an anti–corruption commission."

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Key caucus MPs kept coming to Indi this week with Opposition Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing Ged Kearney here on Wednesday visiting Wangaratta and Bright.