NDIS overhaul must include autism rethink
The NDIS was originally intended for people with profound disability, but has been swamped by children, in particular boys, with mild autism and psychosocial disorders.
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States tie tax deal to NDIS reform
There are growing signs a state-federal deal to reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be held up by negotiations over a new GST agreement.
NDIS needs sustainable footing
Firmer financial oversight and productivity gains must be achieved.
‘Inclusive Australia’ more than just NDIS, Shorten says
Next week’s National Cabinet is looming as a critical moment for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Bill shock fears risk NDIS deal with states
Bill Shorten faces an uphill battle to strike an NDIS reform deal at next week’s crucial national cabinet amid concerns over funding.
NDIS providers losing money despite $35bn taxpayer bill
More than $35bn of taxpayers’ money might have gone into the National Disability Insurance Scheme last financial year, but almost two in three registered providers report operating at a loss, potentially risking ‘market failure’, a new report warns.
Kids push up NDIS costs to new high
Twelve per cent of all boys aged five to seven across Australia and 5 per cent of girls the same age are now on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, new figures show.
Disability scheme ‘driving increase in autism diagnoses’
With Australia now having the highest rates of childhood autism in the world, a new study suggests the National Disability Insurance Scheme may itself be driving prevalence rates.
Time for everyone to tighten belts
Now the government must back up the RBA’s interest rates decision.
‘Toxic’: Push to expand sex work on NDIS
A disability advocate has lashed dating app Tinder as ‘toxic’ and pushed for sex work to be more widely funded for NDIS users for one heartbreaking reason.
Voters must learn real cost of reform
Australia is in the grip of a clean energy and AI upheaval. Governments must explain how much it will cost.
ACT coalition split over vow to rein in NDIS spending
The Labor-Greens ACT government has split on Anthony Albanese’s goal to halve the yearly spending growth of the NDIS by 2025.
Slug rich retirees, raise GST, tighten NDIS: OECD
In its latest wide-ranging economic survey, the OECD is urging the Albanese government to shake down wealthy retirees, raise the pension age and bring back the mining tax.
Pressure to widen review of NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Agency has been unreasonably pushing for all mental wellbeing issues to be treated through mental health plans rather than under the NDIS, GPs warn.
The hope v the reality of the NDIS
People ‘treat disability like it’s a kind of strange and unnatural occurrence’, according to a new book. But, as NDIS numbers show, function and limitation are spectrums and ultimately dependent on both fate and funding.
Law changes in store for disabled Australians
The Disability Royal Commission has urged for a major legal overhaul that would see disabled Australians properly compensated when abused or neglected by NDIS service providers.
Homes, schools out as disability report tabled
Among the Royal Commission’s 222 recommendations are an end to segregation and special schools, with group homes being ‘phased out’.
Call to tackle ‘ageist’ policies on disability
Australians over 65 can’t access the same disability support as those younger, even if they have the same disability. Is this a case of ageism? A new paper argues it is.
Reforms ‘may dash hopes of trim NDIS’
Major reforms expected to be recommended by the disability royal commission will put pressure on the government’s goal of almost halving the growth of the NDIS by 2026, Martin Laverty warns.
NDIS provider announces ASX listing
NDIS services provider Freedom Care plans to list on the stock exchange and is seeking $3.2m in new capital.
Factions blindsided by Andrews’ exit
Victorian Labor factions left reeling from the sudden resignation of Daniel Andrews; sources say the selection of a successor is ‘either a negotiated outcome or it’s WWIII’.
NDIS workforce failures affect care quality
A new paper says workforce arrangements are lowering the quality of support and care provided to more than 600,000 NDIS participants.
Shorten warns of NDIS funding fail
Bill Shorten says the Commonwealth did not have enough oversight of the federal funding delivered to jurisdictions for special needs education.
GPs reach out to help NDIS work
GPs could help make the NDIS more effective and serve participants better if the system was changed to support them more, a submission to the scheme’s review says.
NDIS review must set out reform
The scheme currently has 610,000 participants, with the average annual plan payment more than $60,000.
‘Quick and dirty’ fear fuels NDIS flashpoint
Disability advocates fear issues with National Disability Insurance Scheme won’t be addressed in time to meet new cost targets.
States called on to stump up ‘mainstream’ disability support
NDIS review co-chair Bruce Bonyhady flags the need for a new agreement to ensure more disability services are provided to millions ineligible for the scheme.
Autism services need overhaul
The NDIS review is an opportunity that must not be wasted.
NDIS approach ‘skews’ rates of autism
The $35bn National Disability Insurance Scheme would better help kids with autism if it stopped taking a ‘medicalised’ approach, says the Actuaries Institute.
Public deserves NDIS costs detail
Keeping data on rising costs secret is not accountable government.
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