NDIS saving spent on HECS
After making a good start in trying to rein in NDIS spending, the Albanese government has squandered its new-found fiscal prudence with an unjustifiable multibillion-dollar giveaway for student debt relief.
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The cruel consequences of a mismanaged NDIS
When I read Bill Shorten’s comments that he was ‘extremely proud’ that $1bn has been shaved from the NDIS as a result of reforms that rein in spending, I felt sick.
$1bn shaved from NDIS: Shorten puts scheme back on track
Reforms to the NDIS will save more than $1bn from the growing cost of the ballooning scheme, according to new official projections that promise to deliver critical structural savings to the federal budget.
The doomed conceit of a political AUKUS
AUKUS will not be defeated by its lack of any plausible policy foundation, its unsupported intelligence pronouncements, or the absence of any implementation plan. It will be defeated by its unachievability, as much in Britain and the US as in Australia.
Business margins under pressure, but NDIS firms are scoring big
Cost are rising for most firms but there is a boom area, supplying services to NDIS, whose budget is set to blow out by $8.8bn to $50bn annually by 2025-26.
State and feds at loggerheads over stumping up for NDIS bill
The dispute comes amid protracted negotiations over the future of NDIS funding, with the scheme forecast to grow beyond $120bn a year in the next decade without reforms.
Dutton’s pre-election pledge to ‘turn the tide of anti-Semitism’
Peter Dutton has portrayed himself as a leader with ‘moral clarity and courage’ who can restore social cohesion after declaring the Coalition ‘will not waver’ in its support for Israel and Australians of Jewish faith.
Crystals, cuddle therapy, sex work to be banned from NDIS
Bill Shorten says changes to eligibility for the $40bn-a-year scheme will not happen until after the election, as he unveils the long-awaited list of approved services.
Sex therapy, crystals axed in NDIS revamp
Controversial therapies will be officially off limits to NDIS participants, in sweeping new measures set to take effect within days.
AFP to probe at least six from pro-Hezbollah rally
The Australian Federal Police will consider prosecutions of at least six people who attended a pro-Hezbollah rally in Melbourne on Sunday for allegedly displaying prohibited terrorist symbols and participating in hateful chants.
Budget cracks widen as Jim banks surplus II
Jim Chalmers will rely on NDIS and aged-care reforms to rein in budget spending and offset falling tax revenue and lower commodity prices, as Labor banked a second surplus of $15.8bn.
Soaring state borrowings to undermine living standards
Rising government debt will continue to put pressure on inflation.
$44bn debt bill equals cost of NDIS
State governments are expected to borrow more than $100bn this financial year to cover the surge in public spending, with just under 60 per cent of new state and territory debt to be issued by Queensland and Victoria.
Winding back the clock to a less prosperous time
Bob Hawke once said: ‘you don’t design your tax system for low-paid people. You design your tax system for middle-class Australia’. The PM should heed the advice of his mentor.
Disability support outside the NDIS
With the government looking to take pressure off the National Disability Insurance Scheme, consultations are about to get under way about what broader disability support might look like.
Shorten’s providers move ‘is premature’
Disability advocates have raised alarm over Labor beginning the process of forcing all 170,000 NDIS providers to be registered, warning the move is ‘premature’ and demanding more detail.
Shorten’s parting shot at shonky NDIS service providers
In one of his last major changes before he retires, the NDIS Minister will begin the registration process for all 170,000 providers operating within the $40bn-a-year disability scheme.
Anti-resources policies risk living standards, services
Far more than the profitability of mining and energy companies is at stake from bad policies that adversely affect their operations and the viability of investments in new projects.
150,000 NDIS providers in Shorten’s firing line
In one of his last major changes before he retires, the NDIS Minister will begin a major crackdown on rorting, abuse and the slapping of ‘wedding-tax’ style mark-ups on disability services.
I am at peace with never having been PM: Shorten
Mr Shorten, who used Frank Sinatra lyrics to sidestep a question on Thursday about his role in the 2013 leadership spill, on Friday defended his decision.
$200bn cavity: Greens’ dental scheme risks another NDIS on steroids
The Parliamentary Budget Office has costed the Greens’ free dental proposal — and it has economists gritting their teeth.
The message in Shorten’s exit that has Labor figures panicked
Bill Shorten’s resignation suggests a deeper fear, even panic, within the party about what has been achieved by the Albanese government — and what the Greens have in store.
‘Punching itself in face’: Swan backs Chalmers, blasts RBA
Labor elder statesman Wayne Swan has waded into the RBA row, accusing the central bank of ‘hammering households’ and putting economic dogma over practical decisions that would boost an ailing economy.
A compassionate leader who still has work to do
Shorten legacy defined by whether NDIS can be brought to heel.
Calls to keep NDIS ministry in cabinet
Bill Shorten’s retirement will see a new NDIS minister next year in the midst of a huge reform program, with advocates wanting his successor to be in cabinet.
Factions debate who should get Maribyrnong
Labor factions have started debating who should be ‘handed’ the seat of Maribyrnong after Bill Shorten’s resignation.
Work begins on ‘foundational supports’ funding
The design of a new system of services that will provide an alternative to the $40bn-a-year NDIS for Australians with milder disabilities is underway.
NDIS’s $15bn a year ‘failing’ 43,000 profoundly disabled
NDIS spends more than $15bn a year on disability housing and support for some of Australia’s most profoundly disabled people. A report questions whether that is improving their lives.
Shorten targets NDIS ‘bloated waste’
The Albanese government says it is making inroads into the steep cost trajectory of the NDIS.
Shorten hits out at anti-NDIS ‘extremists’
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten took aim at “misinformation being peddled by the extremists” after Labor finally passed its stalled reforms in parliament.
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