NDIS Senate inquiry hears concerns of carer burnout, slashing of social supports and ‘dangerous’ ministerial powers
Not since it was first set up, have the people who rely on and work within the National…
Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS?
Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside…
State and territory disability ministers lash federal government’s NDIS changes
State and territory disability ministers have accused the Albanese government of pushing on with NDIS reform that does…
Adelaide woman charged with alleged plot to defraud NDIS of $5 million
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) employee over an alleged plot…
Government accused of misleading public on NDIS cuts in heated Senate hearing
The federal government has been accused of selling its cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as…
NDIS integrity inquiry hears raft of alarming claims and calls for greater whistleblower protections
A support worker cut keys to a deafblind National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participant’s home without their knowledge,…
NDIS bill creates funding cut powers, civil penalties and stricter test for access
Powers to automate some decisions in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a new civil penalty scheme and…
Australians with motor neurone disease fear losing priority pathway under NDIS reforms
Australians with motor neurone disease (MND) who have rapidly changing needs fear they will lose a priority pathway…
NDIS fraud crackdown will flip rules on their head for ‘let it rip’ provider market
A plan to recover as much as $4.6 billion a year going out the door of the National…
Canberrans with disability fear NDIS changes will cut vital support
Kaleen resident Ellie Kaduszyn lives with autism and has received in-home support through the NDIS since she was…
Government advisory group recommends delaying NDIS ‘robo-planning’ changes
The federal government has been urged by its own National Disability Insurance Scheme advisory group to delay the…
How living with a disability in regional Australia poses extra challenges
Grace fell yesterday. As she fell, she hit her hand on a cupboard and tore skin off the…