Hanson slammed over ‘repugnant’ video
One Nation and Pauline Hanson have been condemned over a video about the NDIS that disability groups have labelled as “hateful and discriminatory”.
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Act early on autism for NDIS savings
Every dollar invested in early therapy for babies displaying autism signs can return $3 to the $34bn a year National Disability Insurance Scheme, new research shows.
Blueprint to stop economic luck running out
Unless productivity improves in services such as health and disability services, they will continue to be a taxpayer drain, Productivity Commission report warns.
NDIS needs cost control, not the politics of subs
Good budget sense will allow for both defence and disability sense.
AUKUS costs ‘give permission to reform NDIS’
A peak disability expert says the added budget pressure of AUKUS now gives the government ‘permission’ to make radical changes to the NDIS.
Flawed NDIS demands hardcore Labor reforms
Bill Shorten was given the chance to fix the system he helped create. His first 285 days as minister in charge have hardly been encouraging.
Reynolds warns of NDIS autism ‘bias’
Former NDIS minister Linda Reynolds says soaring rates of autistic children registered on the National Disability Insurance Scheme are ‘shocking’.
When wokeism wants your money, it’s time to worry
You can bet your last superannuated dollar the Albanese government won’t stop with the $3m cap on concessionally taxed balances it sprang on us last week.
Autism diagnosis needs our help
Not just parents are being exploited, and Bill Shorten must act.
‘Calls on autism must be neutral’
Governments should reconsider a plan to use independent functional assessments to determine whether children with autism are eligible for the NDIS, a leading advocate says.
NDIS rules fuel diagnoses rise in autism kids
Children are being diagnosed with more severe autism than their characteristics warrant to give them a greater chance of securing a place on the NDIS, experts warn.
Too many young dying in aged care
More than 10,000 younger people have died in residential aged care over the past decade.
Q+A’s latest anti-Coalition pile-on corners Robert
The former government minister was on a hiding to nothing when host Stan Grant, NDIS Minister Bill Shorten and Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John got stuck into him.
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.
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.
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