NDIS, debt costs surge raise budget pain
Double-digit annual growth in the cost of the NDIS and debt-servicing will heap further pressure on the budget, as Treasury warns of a global downturn hitting exports.
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Nation can’t afford to just keep expanding the NDIS
I despair that we have become a nation that has lost touch with economic reality. Medicare is costing $34bn a year while the NDIS now costs $33bn a year and there are calls for it to go still higher.
Newspoll: Fumbling Albo takes knock, ALP still ahead
Anthony Albanese has suffered a fall in his approval ratings, with popular support for Labor also dropping with one week to go.
Political prey: Albanese puts faith in attack
Anthony Albanese went on the attack on Friday as he fended off ongoing questions about his stumble over the detail of Labor’s NDIS policy.
Is this man up to leading us through danger and difficulty?
Just watched Albo blow it again – he did not know the six points of the ALP NDIS policy.
Minister under fire over NDIS funding
The Victorian and NSW governments have called for greater leadership from Linda Reynolds on the NDIS after she called out the states’ shared funding responsibilities.
States must share the NDIS load: Reynolds
States and territories will need to take more responsibility for funding the NDIS, with the minister in charge warning that the program was “not sustainable” and never intended to function as a welfare scheme.
SEEK moves into NDIS with $40m injection
The recruitment powerhouse is making its first move into the disability services sector, helping people with disabilities find, hire and manage support workers.
Man died in squalor despite pleas to NDIS for better care
The welfare of a seriously ill NDIS participant with type-1 diabetes and bipolar disorder was not checked for at least 48 hours before he collapsed and died.
NDIS cash-splash an outrage to hard-at-work taxpayer
The NDIS is symptomatic of Labor’s policy reforms; it is heart versus head and a failure to understand the limitations of well-intentioned schemes.
Costs balloon in NDIS surge
The NDIA has overseen a three-fold spending increase on contractors, recruiters and lawyers as it copes with a flood of new participants.
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