Senate Estimates heard the agency overseeing the NDIS spent almost $22 million on external legal fees in the past financial year with complaints to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal increasing 400
The agency running the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) spent nearly $22 million on external legal fees in the last financial year as the number of tribunal complaints about the
Australians with autism, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities have spoken out about having their NDIS funding reduced, after receiving letters determining the payments weren't "value for money". NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds
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
When Karen McKenzie received an unexpected letter from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in August, she had to read it three times before it sank in. Her son Jarrod,
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Women told us being on the NDIS took a lot of time and effort. They said communicating with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) was difficult, and the application process
The Department of Social Services has been reviewing the ILC program since its transfer from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to the department in October 2020, to better understand
Joshua and Nicole's case highlights a problem in the NDIS system where recipients of services end up taking on legal liability in the case of a dispute over payment. Jo
The National Disability Insurance Agency’s (NDIA) spending on private law firms to battle participants appealing its decisions rose 30% last financial year, new figures show.
These appeals generally mean a person with disability has seen their funding package cut, a requested support has been denied or the agency has rejected their claim to join the
Disability Advocacy Network Australia CEO Mary Mallett labelled the NDIA's decision to deny Laura funding for supported accommodation as unfair. "It isn't fair and … it is completely inappropriate that
In 2017 the McGarrigles, supported by Victoria Legal Aid, won a landmark case over NDIS transport funding that had implications for thousands of other participants. The agency appealed to the
