Families hit for funds upfront
The flagship $22bn NDIS has ambushed the people it was designed to help.
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NDIS ‘risk’ of rollout failure
There is a ‘real risk’ the NDIS will not be able to handle the 460,000 people it is meant to help at full rollout.
NDIS rocked by IT glitch
A technical problem and poor information led to delays for service providers and clients of the $22bn NDIS.
NDIS payment rollout ‘rushed’
Assistant Disabilities Minister Jane Prentice admits preparing for NDIS glitches would have helped parents and therapists.
Minister questions NDIS repairs
Christian Porter has criticised the National Disability Insurance Agency’s handling of a technology bungle.
Auditor to review NDIS blunder
Audit firm PwC has been hired to review a disastrous technology bungle that sent the NDIS into disarray.
NDIS leaves families in limbo
Families have been left in limbo by a technology bungle plaguing the $22bn National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Buck passed on NDIS blunder
A technology bungle that has sent the NDIS into disarray appears to have been caused by departmental staff.
NDIS parents face debt threat
Some parents of children with disabilities have been threatened with debt collectors because of computer failures.
Providers ‘turn away patients’
Disability service providers who are out of pocket by thousands of dollars because of a technology bungle crippling the NDIS.
NDIS provider bills unpaid
Service providers to the NDIS have been unpaid while clients have been forced to cancel their appointments.
NDIS in chaos over tech glitches
The $22bn NDIS is in disarray after a technology bungle has led to some providers being unpaid for almost two months.
Millions missing in NDIS glitch
A technology bungle has delayed millions of dollars worth of payments due for the care of thousands of disabled people.
Avoidable deaths NDIS red flag
New figures reveal that dozens of people with disabilities are dying potentially avoidable deaths each year.
NDIS injection an ‘evolution’
The National Disability Insurance Scheme in NSW will receive more than $2 billion in the next financial year alone.
NDIS reaches ‘mission critical’
The $22bn NDIS is in “mission critical” status a month out from its full launch, plagued by a staffing shortage.
Avoid writing, NDIS advisers told
NDIS bureaucrats want to avoid creating documents referring to a secret cost-cutting group to thwart FoI laws.
Rethink on NDIS autism strategy
The NDIS board met to polish off an early intervention strategy relying on the cheaper mantra of inclusion.
‘Bungling’ triggers suicide warning
The late inclusion of mental illness in the NDIS has been bungled so badly that people will die as a result, it is claimed.
NDIS overspend could be colossal
Those with children at autism’s milder end should reconsider their parenting methods.
NDIS funding blowout grows
The hole left by Labor’s NDIS funding strategy will be much bigger than previously forecast.
Wedged become wedgees
A funny thing happened on the way to delivering the full NDIS: the wedged became the wedgees.
Funding falls short
The $132m allocated within the NDIS to divert people away from its most intensive tier of support is ‘not sufficient’.
Budget scramble to fill NDIS hole
The government is hunting for more welfare savings to fill a shortfall in the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Move to solve NDIS model row
A national spat over the future of the NDIS needs to be resolved quickly, the NSW government says.
NDIS covers alternative therapy
Alternative medicines and treatments such as chiropractic therapy will be paid for by the national disability insurance scheme.
NDIS agency raises costs alarm
The agency delivering the NDIS admits it will need help to control the $22bn cost of the program.
Monster ate disability scheme
The grand dream to help thousands of Australians has been hit by a host of bungles.
First job: fill $5bn hole in NDIS
The first order of business for new the Social Services Minister was to order a special fund to safeguard the disability scheme.
Battle over disability policy
The NDIS is now plagued by distrust between federal and state governments.
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