This Month
Sex work, yoga and cuddle therapy banned from NDIS spending
The list of approved and banned services for participants in the scheme comes into effect on Thursday, with a one-year transition period.
- Tom McIlroy
September
DEI is no longer just about ethics, it’s about profits, academics say
Australian business schools are providing an increasing amount of diversity components to reflect a growing corporate demand.
- Gus McCubbing
NDIS ‘navigator’ plan could save up to $5b
A plan to replace middle men with trained plan co-ordinators is being considered by federal Labor, off the back of the NDIS review last year.
- Tom McIlroy
Meet the quiet heroes of the Paralympics: the athlete guides
There are 22 Paralympic sports in which competitors are allowed to use guides, and their relationships can border on telepathic.
- Elena Bergeron
August
Shorten defends disability cost savings
The federal government has pushed back on critics of reform plans passed by parliament, warning the future of the scheme is on the line.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
NDIS eligibility fight looms for Labor
Bill Shorten heralded the passage of major reform legislation for the $49 billion scheme, but Labor faces tough negotiations on autism care and enrolment rates.
- Tom McIlroy
Premiers warn on NDIS reforms, risking new peace agreement
South Australia’s Peter Malinauskas and Tasmania’s Jeremy Rockliff have helped broker a major deal on disability governance, helping push through reform legislation in the Senate.
- Tom McIlroy and Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Gender pay gap
This Gender Pay Day, employers must take action for their own good
Women must work, on average, 50 more days per year to earn the same as men. Here’s what businesses need to do about it.
- Mary Wooldridge
NDIS comes in $600m below budget as reforms bite
Budget measures to cap growth in the National Disability Insurance Scheme are beginning to bring the cost of the scheme under control.
- Tom Burton
‘Sliding door moment’ looms to curb NDIS growth
Disability Minister Bill Shorten signalled constructive discussions with the Coalition and the crossbench could result in new laws being passed in parliament within days.
- Tom McIlroy
July
Senate urged to pass NDIS bill to get reforms back on track
Disability advocates have called for reforms to the NDIS to be passed despite protests that some recommendations could be catastrophic for the severely disabled.
- Tom Burton
What businesses are doing right for this group of workers
Not only did it mean Shelley could work in a step-free environment catered to her needs, but it also meant she didn’t have to ask for special treatment.
- Euan Black
‘Not sustainable’: sex work, steam rooms, crypto to be banned on NDIS
Payments for sex work will be banned under changes to National Disability Insurance Scheme funding, with federal Labor conceding a wide range of services being billed to taxpayers are unsustainable.
- Tom McIlroy
Surge in NDIS top-up claims costing $5.5m a day
The number of NDIS participants seeking unscheduled top-ups has jumped by 50 per cent as landmark reforms to control galloping costs are stalled in the Senate
- Tom Burton
The education method that’s made this family millions
When Charles and Colette Assaf bought a Montessori childcare business in 2000, the IT entrepreneur never expected it would become his family’s future.
- Yolanda Redrup
June
NDIS ‘unsustainable’ and ‘out of control’: Wayne Swan
Mr Swan was one of the architects of the NDIS, which is growing at 20 per cent per year and on track to become the most expensive area of government spending.
- Michael Read
- Exclusive
- Bill Shorten
NDIS to cost $100b, exceeding the pension: budget watchdog
The NDIS is on track to overtake the age pension as the most expensive area of spending within three years if it remains stuck on its current trajectory.
- Michael Read
NDIS delay to cost $1.1b as senators jet off to Brazil
Disability Minister Bill Shorten warns that a Coalition proposal to delay the government’s NDIS overhaul by two months will cost taxpayers $137 million per week.
- Michael Read
Revealed: The shady industry taking a holiday on the NDIS
Unregistered disability service providers are marketing holidays worth up to $20,000 that the taxpayer ends up funding, exposing a fundamental weakness in the NDIS.
- Tom Burton
- Updated
- Public service
‘Too late to prosecute’: Fraud rife among NDIS managers
The integrity chief for the NDIS says nine out of 10 plan managers surveyed showed “significant indicators of fraud” including using scheme money for drugs and alcohol.
- Tom Burton