Disability
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- Mental health
‘You feel like an animal in a zoo’: Hospitals on notice amid ‘concerning’ trend
The mental health watchdog says its findings on restrictive practices should be a wake-up call for emergency departments, medical wards and inpatient facilities.
- Broede Carmody
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- Editorial
- Editorial
The NDIS is Shorten’s legacy, and Labor’s problem
The NDIS may be one of modern Labor’s biggest reforms, but the unwieldy scheme has come at a big cost politicians will spend years wrangling.
- The Herald's View
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- Bill Shorten
More than half a million workers earn income from NDIS, Shorten says in parting shot at critics
Bill Shorten has hailed the NDIS jobs boom as an achievement as big as Medicare. But economists say it might be a drain on the economy and the federal budget.
- Paul Sakkal
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- Bill Shorten
‘No longer a problem child’: Shorten says he’s shored up NDIS beyond election
The outgoing minister has delivered parting words designed to defuse a political fight over the $47 billion program ahead of the federal election.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
- Opinion
- Healthcare
Every day, Jack dreads the phone call that could strip him of his new life
The first time I met Jack, he was asleep on a bench behind a train station. After three years of therapy, he now lives in his own unit and is tending his vegetable patch.
- Muriel Cummins
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- Federal budget
NDIS gets $1b injection to slow growth even as budget slides into deficit
New ways of assessing people for NDIS support will add to a series of changes that are slowing growth of the $47 billion scheme but also revoking people’s plans at higher rates.
- David Crowe and Natassia Chrysanthos
Families to keep music and art therapy funding as Shorten pauses cuts
The saga shows the sensitivity at play as the government introduces a raft of changes to bring down spending on one of its biggest expenses, forecast to cost $93 billion by 2033-34.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Women are putting male escorts on retainers’: Why more women are paying for sex
Historically, male escorts, particularly those who service women clients, have not been particularly visible. That’s slowly changing.
- Lauren Ironmonger
Archie Roach didn’t get the chance. Now, music legends will perform on all levels
Part of Richmond’s Bakehouse Studios was inaccessible to Uncle Archie Roach before his final tour. Now a group of artists with disabilities is performing there.
- Cassandra Morgan
Record number of children restrained, secluded in state schools
Almost 2700 students were restrained or secluded in Victorian state schools in 2023, a 46 per cent rise that experts say is deeply concerning.
- Caroline Schelle
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