Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says there were probably ‘many reasons’ why her and running mate Angus Taylor’s ticket failed in the Liberal Party leadership contest; Bradfield may have been called and projected too early, with teal candidate Nicolette Boele now just 59 votes behind Liberal Gisele Kapterian.
Disability advocates have slammed Anthony Albanese’s move to shift the National Disability Insurance Scheme to Mark Butler and the broader health portfolio.
A company linked to two men behind troubled disability care provider Cocoon SDA Care failed multiple NDIS accreditation audits four years ago.
Former Howard government minister Gary Hardgrave has severed ties with a troubled NDIS provider that he has long been associated with, following more than a week of revelations about the company’s operations.
Tanya Plibersek will take over social services in the PM’s reshuffle, as Murray Watt moves to environment and Health Minister Mark Butler adds the NDIS portfolio; Tim Wilson says he won’t seek the Liberal Party leadership; David Littleproud retains the National Party reins.
The scheme to help the disabled needs better oversight and accountability for its operations.
Co-founded by a big-talking former bankrupt at the centre of prior consumer warnings, Zaffar Khan’s Cocoon SDA Care is everything the public does not need associated with the $48.5bn-a-year scheme.
NDIS provider Cocoon SDA Care offered staff secret extra bonuses for signing up clients with significant disabilities, in a program condemned for creating an incentive to pressure those needing support to act against their own best interests.
NDIS participants found themselves locked out of their homes after Cocoon SDA Care became embroiled in a rent dispute, before turmoil resulted in the provider’s suspension this week | VIDEO
Cocoon SDA Care has been the subject of 32 tip-offs over more than four years, and authorities are now concerned it may have been claiming for services that were never provided.
Troubled NDIS firm Cocoon SDA Care’s co-founder has received plaudits on social media for donation to a blind sports team, as a leaked email alleges shocking conduct in the firm’s Indian call centre.
Sloppy administration harms vulnerable people and taxpayers.
NDIS provider Cocoon SDA Care, co-founded by a former bankrupt, charged for services never provided and stalled on repaying. It left a man with disabilities confined to his home, whistleblowers say.
A Sydney mortgage broker alleged to have swindled more than $700,000 from unsuspecting clients through the National Disability Insurance Scheme may face further charges, with police confirming additional alleged victims have come forward.
A disability care business servicing some of the most vulnerable people in Australia is in turmoil, staff walk out, as it faces a federal investigation into taxpayer funding.
When police raided the house of failed NDIS developer David McWilliams, they found a suitcase containing $112k in ‘casino winnings’. Now it’s been handed to ALAMMC group’s receiver.
The Australian understands the five men, whose country of origin and reason for travelling to Australia were unclear, were discovered by a commercial helicopter pilot after they had scrawled SOS in the sand.
The first responsibility of a national government is the security of the nation. The Labor government has shown it is incapable of this and makes false promises of increased defence funding.
Governments should put a ‘ceiling’ on National Disability Insurance Scheme costs. An expert reveals how kids with autism and less-profound disabilities could still be supported.
Peter Dutton said he would not tighten access to the scheme to ensure NDIS funding targets were met or exceeded, if he became prime minister.
Dodgy NDIS housing developers spent millions living the high life before running afoul of regulators. But court documents show brokers also made a motza along the way. Here’s how it worked.
A receivers’ report into David McWilliams’ ALAMMC Developments paints a damning picture of the wild west of NDIS housing investment, where dodgy developers have been allowed to roam free and prey on investors.
It’s self-evidently a good thing to help genuinely disabled people. Australians don’t begrudge that. But the NDIS is perhaps the worst designed public policy initiative in Australian history.
The earlier an autistic child is diagnosed, the better their long-term outcomes. So why are initial diagnoses taking longer and longer?
There are now two sacred cows on the Australian political scene, Medicare and the NDIS.
Mandatory registration of disability service providers sounds simple, until you factor in the effect on free choice, costs and red tape.
The budget in reply on Thursday will reveal whether Labor will be countered by a Coalition with a reformist agenda of substance.
Peak disability bodies have raised alarm with the lack of clarity in the budget around the new system of supports Labor has promised for those with milder disabilities.
What was once a targeted system of support for pensions and unemployment benefits is now a new social order where taxpayers fund demand-driven services such as childcare and the NDIS.
Cost growth in one of the budget’s biggest spending programs, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, is slowing, but the 8 per cent projected annual rises will still see hefty increases.
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