Reshaping our disability support must be a priority
We’ve upgraded the NDIS rules and plan to convict and punish those who would exploit the much-needed scheme.
NDIS
‘Top-ups’ cost NDIS $2bn in one year
Bill Shorten says ‘the party is over’ for dodgy NDIS plan managers pushing people with disability to exhaust their scheme funding and then claim an urgent ‘top up’.
States do well on disability aid: PM
A state-federal stoush over the future of disability funding continues to rumble as the commonwealth tries to push ahead with key NDIS reform legislation.
Mum grateful early support freed ‘a head full of words’
Sydney mum Cara Delarue is determined to ensure her young children with disability have their best chance at a full life through early supports delivered by the NDIS.
NDIS reforms to ‘offset’ $14bn blowout
Reforms to the NDIS will save $14bn over four years and bring it back to sustainability — but only if the Albanese government can cut a deal with the states.
NDIS funding is budget priority
Runaway costs need more than a short-term fix for electoral benefit.
NDIS lifeboat ‘may let some drown’
Labor will begin implementing its key strategy to slash spending on the NDIS just 12 months before it’s due to have halved the growth of the $40bn scheme.
OECD latest to call out spending
Treasurer must rediscover basics of prudent budget management.
Grim reason rates can’t be cut
Slashing the structural deficit, easing inflationary pressures, and bolstering productivity must be priorities, the Paris-based organisation has argued.
Grim reason rates can’t be cut
Slashing the structural deficit, easing inflationary pressures, and bolstering productivity must be priorities, the Paris-based organisation has argued.
Beware sticky inflation, stickier deficits: OECD
The OECD has warned that persistent price pressures in Australia’s services sector may mean interest rates may have to stay higher than hoped, days out from the Reserve Bank’s next board meeting.
In annals of dodgy policy, you can’t go past NDIS
The special GST deal for Western Australia is often singled out by economists as the worst public policy mistake of the century. But it’s got nothing on the NDIS.
State’s threat to Albo on $12bn tax blow
A bitter fight has been reignited over a contentious carve up that the NSW government says will leave the state almost $12bn worse off.
State’s threat to Albo on $12bn tax blow
A bitter fight has been reignited over a contentious carve up that the NSW government says will leave the state almost $12bn worse off.
Workers plead for mental health fix
Psychotic and suicidal patients are being turned away from short-staffed public hospitals, as health ministers work to plug gaping gaps between medical treatment and NDIS support for the mentally ill.
NDIS provider hit with $1.8m penalty after client dies
The Federal Court has ordered NDIS provider LiveBetter to pay a $1.8m civil penalty after one of its clients died after being scalded in a bath given by two care workers.
Sex, luxury cruises? Nation can’t afford NDIS decadence
The NDIS has become a monetary monster, devouring the budget, adding to inflation, while failing to meet the needs of many in the community.
Serial sex offender to be released ‘within weeks’
Wayne Wilmot, who was involved in the brutal 1980s abduction, rape and murder of Janine Balding, will be freed from custody with assistance from the NDIS before the end of June.
Disability community says no to key NDIS review proposals
The disability community is revolting against key recommendations in the NDIS review.
Why NSW wants to free Janine Balding’s rapist
Two Labor governments – the one freeing a rapist and the one paying his NDIS bills – are fighting over who pays for his care.
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