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.
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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.
NDIS cuts hit remote customers
The agency in charge of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been cutting funding for remote participants.
Complex cases to get more in NDIS
A federal government shake-up will ensure more money is provided under the NDIS for those with complex needs.
Drought fund ‘won’t raid NDIS’
Mathias Cormann has guaranteed that a new $5bn Future Drought Fund will not drain revenue from the NDIS.
NDIS autism diagnosis overhaul
Guidelines for autism cases will be streamlined and doctor-shopping for diagnoses will be eliminated, under new reforms.
Cash ‘will not solve’ all health problems
A review of the $9bn mental health funding system should not be used as an excuse for more money without reform, an expert says.
NDIS still needing work: Fletcher
The new Social Services Minister has revealed there is “systematic work” being done to address the issues with the NDIS.
Price caps risk NDIS walkout
A battle worth hundreds of millions between therapists and the NDIA represents a ‘clear and present threat’ to its viability.
Disabled need NDIS to be viable
Tiered pricing to therapists would allow greater flexibility.
NDIS delay to cost state dearly
Fewer than 60 per cent of all people eligible for the NDIS are likely to be in the program by the time it reaches full rollout.
Harrison’s working, NDIS not
The images cramming the frames of Harrison Fischer’s first years are of a happy child distracted by commands only he could hear.
‘Can’t guarantee autism places’
The National Disability Insurance Scheme chief ‘cannot guarantee’ specific levels of autism will gain automatic entry to the program.
NSW on board for NDIS reform
The federal government has won at least one state’s backing to permanently redraw the law underpinning the $22bn scheme.
Autism must be axed from NDIS
It’s often diagnosed after parents have doctor-shopped for help with behavioural problems. But this isn’t what the scheme is for.
NDIS deal to pressure hold-outs
A NSW agreement to increase its annual NDIS funding by about $120m, rising each year, will heap pressure on other states.
NSW lifts NDIS funding
NSW to lift annual funding for NDIS by a further half percentage point as it becomes first state officially to sign up to full scheme.
NDIS a key to choice
The disabled are not at the mercy of those who know best.
Cost blowouts feature of NDIS
Consumer choice will not work if the disabled lack the know-how and capacity to choose well.
Defining moment for NDIS
It’s a numbers game and delivery is now problematical.
NDIS limit for living at home
A $700m annual fund that would allow people with profound disabilities to live in the community is subject to price caps.
NDIS asks the impossible
Not-for-profits have been doing the scheme’s work quite well for 200 years.
Mild autism not NDIS’s focus
Severely disabled sufferers deserve help under the scheme.
NDIS bid to rewrite autism rules
A plan to alter the definition of autism could see thousands of people with substantial needs removed from the NDIS.
NDIA chief plunders Bankwest for talent
The scheme’s chief has replaced a deputy and two senior general managers with former staff from his time running Bankwest.
Autism to face cutbacks in NDIS
A secret plan to restrict the access of autistic people to the $22bn NDIS would prevent them from qualifying ‘automatically’.
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