Shroud of secrecy over government NDIS modelling
Secret economic modelling underpinning plans to cut $59bn off surging NDIS costs has been blocked from public release by the Albanese government.
Secret economic modelling underpinning plans to cut $59bn off surging NDIS costs has been blocked from public release by the Albanese government.
The answer to our problems is to cut imposts and grow economic pie.
As it blurs the line between difference and disability, the NDIS is failing both taxpayers and its intended beneficiaries.
The NDIS had been on track to more than double spending on aged care and defence, Treasury figures show.
The scheme’s role and eligibility criteria must be clearly defined.
As Australia transitions away from coal and gas, an emerging, crucial sector will keep the government’s coffers lined to meet rising costs.
The Queensland Labor government has hit back at criticism it had cut mainstream disability support and was using the NDIS as a replacement for services.
The cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme might be rising faster than we understand, the head of the government’s independent review Bruce Bonyhady says.
A review of the NDIS will look at ways to stop the National Disability Insurance Scheme being treated like a bottomless pit of funds.
The new Intergenerational Report should be read in light of the Business Council blueprint.
Australia’s population will hit 40.5 million within 40 years, and the tripling of people aged over 85 will heap pressure on the care sector.
The ageing population will drive almost half of future government spending, with health, the NDIS, aged care, defence and debt payments forecast to grow by 5.6pc of GDP over the next 40 years.
Veterans are being forced onto long waiting lists to get mental health support.
Bill Shorten has foreshadowed a fight with the states over disability funding at the next national cabinet meeting in November.
Reagan was right on government; it’s the problem not the solution.
Early educators should be trained up to identify children with autism and help with early interventions that could stop them ending up on the NDIS, a peak childcare body says.
Forget the puffery; it is budget management and inflation that matter.
States and local governments have ‘vacated the field’ on disability support, the NDIS review warns, with the scheme now accounting for 93 per cent of the nation’s total disability spend.
Up to $3bn in savings could be made to the NDIS every year if means tested co-contributions were implemented, health-tech company Kismet has revealed.
The social net is being widely cast again, but it must be checked.
Former NDIS minister says the government should keep co-payments, eligibility changes and other structural reforms to the $40bn-a-year scheme ‘on the table’.
Bill Shorten is showing himself to be too close to the scheme to manage it.
After being hauled into line by the Treasurer, NDIS minister Bill Shorten has declared the government is committed to meeting the 8pc growth target for the scheme.
Former NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says all the ICAC report has exposed is that Gladys Berejiklian was in a secret relationship with Daryl Maguire, someone he calls ‘a dodgy operator’.
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says it’s ‘not the end of the world’ if the government doesn’t meet its goal of reigning in the scheme’s annual growth to 8pc.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister Bill Shorten says the government’s target of reining in growth to 8pc might not necessarily be met.
A major company linking participants with the NDIS has called for Anthony Albanese to introduce co-payments and means testing to make the system more sustainable.
Unscrupulous NDIS providers have been accused of ripping off vulnerable workers, with the Commonwealth minister issuing a stern warning to businesses.
More than 1200 Melbourne and regional Victorian based call-taking contract jobs could be lost, a key union is warning.
Bill Shorten wants to stop providers charging multiple times the market value of a product simply because it is being paid for by the NDIS.
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