NDIS

INQUIRERInquirer

Our welfare addiction is killing Australia

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.

Greg Sheridan

TREATMENT BARRIERCaring

Two-year wait for autism diagnosis hurts children’s future

The earlier an autistic child is diagnosed, the better their long-term outcomes. So why are initial diagnoses taking longer and longer?

Stephen Lunn

LettersLetters

Scare campaigns, economic failure Labor trademarks

There are now two sacred cows on the Australian political scene, Medicare and the NDIS.

COMMENTARYCaring

NDIS participants want safety, quality … and choice

Mandatory registration of disability service providers sounds simple, until you factor in the effect on free choice, costs and red tape.

Dr George Taleporos

EditorialEditorials

Expansive reform must be budget focus, not an option

The budget in reply on Thursday will reveal whether Labor will be countered by a Coalition with a reformist agenda of substance.

Editorial

budget 2025Politics

Disability in dark with no details

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.

Sarah Ison

CommentaryCommentary

Labor’s cradle-to-grave push may bury bottom line

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.

Tom Dusevic

Fraud crackdownNation

NDIS cost soars to $63bn as growth pulls back

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.

Stephen Lunn

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

How an NDIS housing provider blew millions

NDIS housing provider Saorsa Health spent millions of dollars of investor money on international travel, credit cards and even a Cambodian dairy farm, a liquidator’s report shows.

Nick Evans

healthNation

NDIS reined in but aged care left wanting

Health is a significant focus for the government as it delivers its re-election budget and is hoping cheaper medicines and more bulk billed trips to the doctor will be enough to sway votes.

Sarah Ison, Penny Timms and Stephen Lunn

NewsNewsWire

Senator breaks down over son’s future

Senator Hollie Hughes has broken down in the Senate while talking about struggles with the ‘flawed design’ of the NDIS and its impact on her child, who lives with a disability.

Alexandra Feiam

Tightening eligibilityCaring

Autistic children ‘left in limbo’, parents fear

State and federal governments are locked in talks over which disability services will be covered by the NDIS and which won’t. Meanwhile, disabled kids and their parents are caught in the middle.

Stephen Lunn

newsNewsWire

‘More can be done:’ Coalition eyes NDIS cuts

With the Coalition attacking Labor for increased spending, finance spokesman Jane Hume has eyed further cuts to stop the ballooning disability scheme.

Jessica Wang

COMMENTARYCaring

We love to hate it, but truth is we should be proud of the NDIS

The NDIS is an easy target. It isn’t perfect, but it’s so much better than not having an NDIS. Time for some rational discussion and dealing with the real issues and not the political ones.

Steve Robson

Politics

Coalition vows to reduce spiralling costs of $44bn NDIS

The ballooning cost of the NDIS remains ‘out of control’, opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume warns, as Peter Dutton foreshadows a ‘big announcement’ in his budget reply speech. (Live blog – closed)

Jack Quail and staff writers

APPEALS NIGHTMARECaring

NDIS says no to giving Finley new voice

Thousands of claims just like Finley Coll’s are being fought in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal by people with a disability. There can be ‘long, crazy process’ before that happens.

Natasha Robinson

EditorialEditorials

NDIS blowout a reminder of government inefficiency

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the National Disability Insurance Scheme represents a flashing neon billboard along the way.

Editorial

COMMENTARYCaring

Time to cut wasteful hidden fees from the NDIS

Trailing fees and exorbitant hourly costs must be excised from the NDIS to make more money available for those who need it, says a pioneer of the scheme.

JAMES FITZPATRICK

sources of wasteCaring

NDIS spends $1bn-plus on fees for middlemen managers

Billions of dollars a year in NDIS funding is being soaked up by middlemen plan managers and support co-ordinators who are arguably no longer necessary and drain taxpayer funds that should be spent directly on people with disabilities.

Natasha Robinson

ExclusiveRetail

As the NDIS booms, Bunnings spots a $2.1bn opportunity to cash in

Sturdy toilet seats are just the beginning as the hardware behemoth bets on us getting older and sicker.

Eli Greenblat

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Disability sector to flex poll muscles

The nation’s peak disability body is launching a campaign in marginal seats ahead of the election demanding the next prime minister reverse Anthony Albanese’s decision to absorb the NDIS portfolio into social services.

Sarah Ison

EditorialEditorials

NDIS criteria must be tackled

The saving of more than $600m from the budget forecast for the National Disability Insurance Scheme during the first seven months of the financial year is an important first step.

Editorial

disability schemePolitics

NDIS to notch up $600m in savings

More than $600m has been shaved off the projected budget forecast for NDIS in the first seven months of the financial year despite almost 20,000 new participants joining the scheme in the past quarter alone.

Simon Benson, Rhiannon Down and Sarah Ison

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

‘No limits’: $44bn NDIS open to all disabilities

NDIS Minister Amanda Rishworth says there will be no tightening of what disabilities are eligible for the scheme despite the government facing a mammoth effort to rein in its costs, with Labor to instead launch a new review panel.

Greg Brown and Sarah Ison

commentaryCommentary

Put disabled in control to reduce the NDIS burden

The NDIS has been plagued by soaring costs and systemic inefficiencies, raising serious concerns about its integrity and impact on government finances while jeopardising public support.

PETER SWAN and DIMITRI BURSHTEIN

Political resignationPolitics

Jones fourth Labor minister to quit

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has become the latest of a growing number of government ministers to quit politics, the 60-year-old making a shock announcement on Thursday.

Sarah Ison and Rhiannon Down

ExclusiveHealth

Mikaela is exactly who the NDIS should be supporting. So why has it left her ‘stranded’?

Sixteen-year-old Mikaela Williams has quadriplegia. But the effort of learning to get on her feet and scoot around with assistance in a walker is nothing compared to navigating the NDIS.

Natasha Robinson

COURTNewsWire

Carer’s record fine after choking death

An NDIS provider has been hit with the highest-ever civil penalty by the Federal Court against a provider after a man choked to death.

Blake Antrobus

POLITICSPolitics

Wells promoted to cabinet in Labor reshuffle

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has been promoted to cabinet as part of a ministerial reshuffle, which has seen Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth allocated the critical NDIS portfolio.

Rhiannon Down and Greg Brown

UPDATEDNewsWire

Shorten makes shock decision on resignation

The NDIS minister will leave parliament weeks earlier than expected, raising expectations the Prime Minister will move for a quick cabinet reshuffle.

Joanne Williamson

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