Policy reform

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has called the passing of the NDIS Amendment Bill through the Senate “devastating,” citing deep concerns about its impact on NDIS participants and the disability…

New NDIS Bill, new world order. Chris and Todd explore the changes, many of which will take effect 28 days after the Bill is approved by the Governor-General.

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says she will vote against National Disability Insurance Scheme legislation after the government announced they have come to an agreement with states and territories over the…

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has called the passing of the NDIS Amendment Bill through the Senate “devastating,” citing deep concerns about its impact on NDIS participants and the disability…

The government has passed a bill that will pave the way for sweeping reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). In late March many in the disability community were…

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has sought to reassure the disability community that it would get input into the design of a reformed National Disability Insurance Scheme, amid concerns that fundamental…

Bill Shorten has accused the Coalition of a “disingenuous” and “lazy” decision on NDIS reforms, after the opposition proposed to team up with the Greens to delay a bill set…

Laws that will enable sweeping reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme have passed the lower house as the government looks to claw back $14 billion from the scheme over…

In a webinar today the NDIS Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce shared their preliminary thinking on the future of provider and worker regulation and sought feedback on three of their…

Looming changes to the NDIS will lead to “homogenising” people with disabilities and ignore individual needs for support, advocacy groups warn. Laws before federal parliament seeking to overhaul parts of…