NDIS

BREAKINGNewsWire

‘Failed’: Big change for kids with autism

Children with mild developmental delays and autism will be moved off the NDIS in a major move set to curb the ballooning program’s costs.

Jessica Wang

Rival roundtableNation

Productivity ‘founding father’ blasts Labor’s wasteful spending

Rather than overhaul an inefficient tax system, Labor is diverting money to the public sector and costly projects such as the NDIS, the Productivity Commission’s inaugural chairman says.

Matthew Cranston

RoundtableNation

NDIS spending the top priority, say ex-Lib premiers

Two former premiers have urged the Albanese government to use the economic reform roundtable as a launching pad to undertake further reforms to the ‘completely out of control’ NDIS.

Greg Brown and Paul Garvey

Productivity reformPolitics

Call goes out for one register for all care workers

The Productivity Commission is calling for a national screening process for workers not only in the childcare sector, but aged care, veterans affairs and the NDIS as well.

Sarah Ison

EXCLUSIVENation

Costs force NDIS providers to pull the plug

NDIS providers are leaving the sector in droves following a controversial pricing review, while the not-for-profit sector warns the agency must move urgently on long-stalled financial reforms.

Sarah Ison

EXCLUSIVENation

NDIS risks shut down if costs not cut: Opposition

Garth Hamilton and Barnaby Joyce say the Coalition should back tighter eligibility rules to limit how many people join the $52bn-a-year NDIS program.

Greg Brown

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Agency doubles down on advice to ministers

Australia’s disability agency has stood by advice that Labor ministers must stick to the current NDIS reform timeline despite the lack of support from the disability community.

Sarah Ison

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Don’t cave to community: bureaucrats give ‘critical’ NDIS decree

Labor must ignore disabled Australians’ pleas to slow reforms to the NDIS if the government wants to hit its reduced growth targets, bureaucrats have warned in a frank reality check.

Sarah Ison

AutismCaring

PM not happy with number of kids on NDIS

With NDIS costs still rising and uncertainty over how other disability support will be funded for children with developmental delay, the Prime Minister has weighed in.

Stephen Lunn

Politics NowNation

Too many kids on NDIS, no GST rate change; Trump tariff expected to stay at 10pc, says PM

Anthony Albanese says raising the rate of the GST ‘doesn’t fit’ with his support for progressive taxation, signalling he will be unlikely to seriously consider reforming the measure as part of the economic reform roundtable.

Greg Brown, Rhiannon Down and Jack Quail

NEWSNewsWire

Alleged anti-Semitic nurses get shock news

Two nurses, who were stood down from their jobs after allegedly threatening to kill Israeli patients in a viral video, have been dealt a fresh blow.

Rhiannon Lewin

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Row over timeline for NDIS price cuts

The Coalition is demanding Labor delay any changes to NDIS pricing by at least three months after ‘failing to properly consider’ the implications of recent price cuts.

Sarah Ison

annual reviewPolitics

Knives out on costs: NDIS prices slashed

The nation’s disability agency has revealed it will slash the maximum fees service providers such as physiotherapists and dieticians can charge NDIS participants.

Sarah Ison

EXCLUSIVECaring

‘Nowhere else to go’: NDIS cuts force people to turn to hospitals

Dietitians and physiotherapists have accused the disability insurance agency of wrongly knocking back many of their clients’ supports, leading to an increase in people presenting at hospitals.

Sarah Ison

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

NDIS is steeped in mystery: Ruston

As the NDIS clocked over 700,000 participants for the first time in the last quarter, Anne Ruston said the government had ‘a lot to come clean with Australians about’ when it came to its reforms.

Sarah Ison

Cocoon shuts up shopNation

Liquidated NDIS firm pays glamorous EA first, but frontline carers still waiting

Authorities say disability provider Cocoon was involved in serious and systemic misconduct as staff fume over who they believe have been paid first, including a former contestant on reality TV show The Bachelor.

David Murray

EXCLUSIVEMental Health

Mental health meeting ‘first test’ for PM

A major mental health meeting of state and Commonwealth ministers is being branded as the re-elected Labor government’s test on mental health.

Sarah Ison

BUSINESSNewsWire

Thermomix lashed for ‘misleading’ claims

A popular kitchenware brand has come under fire for “misleading” claims about endorsements for two of its products.

Summer Liu

watchdog actsCaring

‘Gross violation’: NDIS bans Cocoon parent company

Rogue disability provider Cocoon engaged in misconduct, including falsely claiming it provided services to dead or incarcerated NDIS participants, federal authorities have concluded.

David Murray and Sarah Elks

EditorialEditorials

Substandard NDIS management

Lack of basic oversight has hurt vulnerable clients and taxpayers

Editorial

NDIS scandalCaring

Boxes of blank prescriptions found unsecured at Cocoon HQ

Boxes of blank doctors’ prescription pads were left in this unlocked cupboard in the headquarters of NDIS firm Cocoon SDA Care | SEE THE PICTURES

David Murray

NDIS updatePolitics

Minister backs off ‘supports’ deadline

Labor is unlikely to meet its ­original time frame of rolling out a new system of services for people with milder disabilities not eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Sarah Ison

Margin CallMargin Call

Freezing orders on dodgy NDIS housing directors

The courts have finally taken action over allegations that dodgy NDIS housing developer Saorsa Health inappropriately blew millions of their investors’ cash.

Nick Evans

exclusiveHealth

Human face of NDIS abomination: blind, milked for cash, cut off from outside world

The NDIS operator that was meant to care for Peter Wilson drained his funds until he had nothing left. Cocoon SDA Care charged for services that were never provided, and overcharged for others that were. It meant he was robbed of the one thing in life that gave him pleasure | WATCH

David Murray

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

‘Secrecy’ clouds non-NDIS disability help

A new system of services for people with milder disabilities no longer eligible for the NDIS is shrouded in secrecy and uncertainty, advocates say.

Sarah Ison

serious concernsNation

Staff worked triple carer shifts at rogue NDIS firm

Poorly trained staff were suffering fatigue after working triple shifts at an NDIS firm run by a former bankrupt taxi driver, managers were warned in a report more than three years ago.

David Murray

InsolvencyCompanies

Unhealthy trend: Wave of NDIS financial collapses hit home

NDIS providers are going bust in increasing numbers as inexperienced operators fail to cope with rising costs and the increasing complexity of the national disability scheme.

Glen Norris

Political accessCaring

NDIS firm accused of cash for access bid

An NDIS firm being investigated by federal authorities spent tens of thousands of dollars to gain access to prominent politicians including a future treasurer as it sought to strengthen its appearance of legitimacy.

David Murray

JudgmentCaring

Court setback for suspended NDIS company

Rogue disability provider Cocoon SDA Care has lost its bid to have delays in releasing NDIS payments declared unreasonable.

David Murray

exclusiveCaring

New NDIS firm in integrity probe: tip-offs claim holidays on taxpayers, doctor collusion

An NDIS firm was accused of using taxpayer money to send clients and carers on holidays, offering people with disabilities cash payments instead of support, and colluding with doctors to inflate plans, court documents state.

David Murray

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