‘Infighting thwarts hospital access’: AMA
Doctors warn state and federal health ministers must share responsibility for aged care and NDIS to keep the nation from getting sicker.
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Safe Haven: the foundation giving hope to Aussies with psychosocial disabilities
The Haven model has proved not only life-changing for residents with complex mental health conditions, it also results in efficiencies for the NDIS and the health system as a whole.
NDIS prices threaten provider exodus
The number of disability providers considering exiting the market has more than doubled in the past year as just 13 per cent of operators were able to break even.
NDIS turmoil: eligibility proof demand surges
Thousands of NDIS participants have been booted off the scheme after a flurry of letters from agency to re-prove their eligibility.
ADHD kids treated as ‘poor cousins’ of those with autism
Parents of children with ADHD who have needs similar to children diagnosed with autism can feel rightly aggrieved about how the NDIS has operated to date.
ADHD and autism overlap – so why has the NDIS favoured one over the other?
Your child’s ADHD may be just as debilitating as your neighbour’s kid’s autism. A new study finds both conditions are on the same neurodevelopmental continuum. So why have their supports been funded by NDIS and yours haven’t?
Shorten: NDIS ‘showing signs of blooming’ despite rising costs
NDIS expenses were $150m below expectations in the September quarter, despite the number of participants with approved plans increasing to more than 680,000 and payments costing taxpayers $11.5bn.
NDIS saving spent on HECS
After making a good start in trying to rein in NDIS spending, the Albanese government has squandered its new-found fiscal prudence with an unjustifiable multibillion-dollar giveaway for student debt relief.
The cruel consequences of a mismanaged NDIS
When I read Bill Shorten’s comments that he was ‘extremely proud’ that $1bn has been shaved from the NDIS as a result of reforms that rein in spending, I felt sick.
$1bn shaved from NDIS: Shorten puts scheme back on track
Reforms to the NDIS will save more than $1bn from the growing cost of the ballooning scheme, according to new official projections that promise to deliver critical structural savings to the federal budget.
The doomed conceit of a political AUKUS
AUKUS will not be defeated by its lack of any plausible policy foundation, its unsupported intelligence pronouncements, or the absence of any implementation plan. It will be defeated by its unachievability, as much in Britain and the US as in Australia.
Business margins under pressure, but NDIS firms are scoring big
Cost are rising for most firms but there is a boom area, supplying services to NDIS, whose budget is set to blow out by $8.8bn to $50bn annually by 2025-26.
State and feds at loggerheads over stumping up for NDIS bill
The dispute comes amid protracted negotiations over the future of NDIS funding, with the scheme forecast to grow beyond $120bn a year in the next decade without reforms.
Dutton’s pre-election pledge to ‘turn the tide of anti-Semitism’
Peter Dutton has portrayed himself as a leader with ‘moral clarity and courage’ who can restore social cohesion after declaring the Coalition ‘will not waver’ in its support for Israel and Australians of Jewish faith.
Crystals, cuddle therapy, sex work to be banned from NDIS
Bill Shorten says changes to eligibility for the $40bn-a-year scheme will not happen until after the election, as he unveils the long-awaited list of approved services.
Sex therapy, crystals axed in NDIS revamp
Controversial therapies will be officially off limits to NDIS participants, in sweeping new measures set to take effect within days.
AFP to probe at least six from pro-Hezbollah rally
The Australian Federal Police will consider prosecutions of at least six people who attended a pro-Hezbollah rally in Melbourne on Sunday for allegedly displaying prohibited terrorist symbols and participating in hateful chants.
Budget cracks widen as Jim banks surplus II
Jim Chalmers will rely on NDIS and aged-care reforms to rein in budget spending and offset falling tax revenue and lower commodity prices, as Labor banked a second surplus of $15.8bn.
Soaring state borrowings to undermine living standards
Rising government debt will continue to put pressure on inflation.
$44bn debt bill equals cost of NDIS
State governments are expected to borrow more than $100bn this financial year to cover the surge in public spending, with just under 60 per cent of new state and territory debt to be issued by Queensland and Victoria.
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