The health minister pledged aged care funding, then unveiled NDIS cuts and stricter rules to curb costs and fraud, drawing backlash from advocates, plus political concern.
Legislation designed to save $35 billion in NDIS spending is introduced to parliament, revealing new powers for the minister to cut funding to classes of supports, automate some decisions and create ...
The NDIS is a massive, complex system, and it can be difficult to know the difference between fact and fiction. Here, we ...
Over 739,000 NDIS participants in Australia are entitled to funded garden maintenance, but many struggle to access their entitlements due to ...
Exclusive: Sweeping overhaul expected to be introduced to parliament Thursday as Greens warn proposal is ‘extraordinarily alarming’ ...
Chalmers warned the NDIS was growing too fast for Australians to afford, laying the groundwork for major changes to the $50 billion scheme that will be unveiled on Wednesday.
Labor minister Bill Shorten has admitted rogue criminals have infiltrated the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with some reportedly offering drugs and strippers under the scheme. While some ...
When the review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was handed down at the end of last year, one of the more controversial recommendations was to make provider registration mandatory.
Survey of service providers finds only 47% could keep pace with demand and just 57% said they had sufficient resources in 2017 Disability service providers are struggling to keep up with growing ...
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) began a full national rollout in July, 2016 with a fundamental principle to give those with a disability choice and control over their daily lives.
My brother has spent the past two decades of his adult life in a Victorian public hospital locked ward, sidelined by a debilitating mental illness that completely changed the course of his life — and ...