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The federal government is committing to work further with the disability community to design changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It is increasing funding for organisations representing people with…
Bill Shorten’s reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, forecast to cut $14.4 billion in growth over the next five years, reanimates critical elements of the previous Coalition government’s failed…
In September 2020, at the height of Covid, when the world’s eyes were glued to the internet, a Twitter user called Mel posted a simple image of the first message…
NDIS have created a new online tip-off form to report suspected fraud. The new form will ask relevant and direct questions about the suspected fraud. This will give us the…
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…
On this episode of Reasonable & Necessary, Dr George meets with Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John to understand his position on the changes to the NDIS legislation that are currently before…
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…
People with disability are too often seen as problems to be solved, rather than the problem-solvers with agency to act.
Sara and Jess unpack from DSC what budget night heralded for the disability sector, including: $14.4bn cut from projected NDIS growth, funding to respond to the NDIS Review, consultation on…
Chris Coombes from DSC explores the proposed new NDIS Bill, including: changes to access, how the NDIA will respond to plan over- or under- spending, what will be a reviewable…
Some days, Kristin Gillespie’s disability is so debilitating she can’t make a meal, leave the house or remember how to use her phone. On those days, life feels like “swimming laps…
Recent media coverage about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) frames the choices of people with disability as threats to their safety or the safety of others. Such reports suggest…
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