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…
Disability community ‘scared’ by dramatic NDIS changes as government defends overhaul
Disability advocates caught off guard by the government’s dramatic overhaul of the NDIS say they are gutted by…
More than 160,000 people to be kicked off NDIS as government overhauls eligibility test
More than 160,000 people would be kicked off the National Disability Insurance Scheme under a government overhaul of…
Huge win for 2.7 million Aussies
An early mental health support service is now free for Australians to access through a new federal government…
Weight loss drug Wegovy to be subsidised for Australians with severe obesity
An Ozempic-like medication is set to be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme shortly, saving patients with “severe”…
Weight loss drug Wegovy to be listed on PBS
Wegovy will be heavily subsidised for Australians with severe obesity, who have also experienced a cardiovascular event, like…
National mental health agreement failing, Productivity Commission finds
A landmark mental health agreement signed by federal, state and territory governments three years ago is failing, a…
Disability employment provider Bedford kept afloat with $4.4m funding injection as hunt for buyer continues
Australia’s second-largest disability employment provider Bedford will be kept afloat by a federal government funding injection as it…
Health minister concedes tobacco black market has ‘exploded’
Health Minister Mark Butler has conceded the tobacco black market has “exploded” into the biggest threat to public…