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 ...
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 ...
Over 739,000 NDIS participants in Australia are entitled to funded garden maintenance, but many struggle to access their entitlements due to ...
Reform that removes support before alternatives exist is not reform. It is the displacement of risk onto people with ...
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 ...
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.