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Grants to support disability self-help groups is now open

Office for Disability
Monday 30th October, 2023
Thursday 14th December, 2023

A new round of Victorian Government grants to support disability self-help groups is now open. Grants of up to $7,000 a year for up to two years are available to…

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Information, Linkages and Capacity Building – Social and Community Participation 2023-24 Grant Opportunity

Department of Social Services
Thursday 7th September, 2023
Friday 6th October, 2023

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via an open, competitive grant process to apply to deliver services under the Social and Community Participation (SCP) stream of the Information, Linkages and…

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NDIS participants slam ‘discriminatory’ price gouging in review

Gus McCubbing
AFR
Thursday 1st June, 2023
National Disability Insurance Scheme participants say they get charged more than double the cost for the same service an able-bodied person could get from an allied health professional, an independent
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Review of procurement and contracting

Services Australia
Tuesday 28th March, 2023
The Independent Review of Services Australia and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Procurement and Contracting examined the procurement processes leading to the award of contracts to Synergy 360 and
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Own Motion Inquiry into Aspects of Supported Accommodation in the NDIS

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Monday 16th January, 2023
The Inquiry examined reportable incidents and complaints made to the NDIS Commission in connection with the supported accommodation services (specifically group homes). The Inquiry’s purpose was to enable the NDIS
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National Disability Data Asset : Pilot test cases report

National Disability Data Asset
Thursday 8th December, 2022
The National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) aims to connect data about people with disability in Australia together, including information about health, employment and support services. The test pilot was recently
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Line of sight: Refocussing Victoria’s adult safeguarding laws and practices

Victoria Office of the Public Advocate
Friday 19th August, 2022

This report draws on de-identified stories that starkly illustrate the impact of the system failures on adults who are at-risk. It identifies gaps and failures in the current framework and…

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Disability and Wellbeing Monitoring Framework: Baseline indicator data for Australians aged 18-64 years

Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health
Tuesday 14th June, 2022
Measuring inequality is essential for identifying the barriers faced by people with disability in exercising their human rights. Evidence of disability-related inequalities can inform action to remove barriers and reduce
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Review of NDIA actuarial forecast model and drivers of Scheme costs

Department of Social Services (DSS)
Friday 11th February, 2022
At their August 2021 meeting, Disability Ministers directed work be undertaken to understand cost drivers and underpinning assumptions in the Scheme Actuary’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Annual Financial Sustainability
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False Economy: The economic benefits of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the consequences of government cost-cutting

Per Capita
Thursday 4th November, 2021
This report discusses, where data is available, some of the issues surrounding the new NDIA modelling. It then goes on to assess the broad economic activity generated by the NDIS,
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Annual Financial Sustainability Report Summary

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
Sunday 4th July, 2021
Thursday 30th June, 2022
The report provides an assessment of the financial sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This interim report also includes analyses and discussion on recent Scheme experience, best estimate projections
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Disability Research Collection

Analysis & Policy Observatory’s
Monday 30th November, 2020
Research reports contained in the collection were produced between 2012 and 2021 with the aim of sharing evidence and knowledge on a range of topics to help advance the rights
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