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Very little progress has been made on "once-in-a-generation" disability reforms since they were first announced in 2023, ...
The final report from the NDIS review has made 26 recommendations and detailed close to 140 "actions" it says are needed to transform the scheme over the next five years. Here are the biggest ...
More than 8 per cent of five to seven-year-olds are on the scheme, while national data shows 20 per cent of children have learning difficulties, developmental concerns or disabilities.
Parents are their child’s first and most important supports. Parents and carers of children with disability need help to maximise this relationship – and the NDIS should provide it.
Amid a growing backlash from the disability community about the review’s proposed NDIS ­reforms, advocates say children with autism are being “thrown under the bus” for the scheme’s ...
The NDIS is often described as having become the only lifeboat on the ocean for people with disabilities. It was also one of the most complex and ambitious bits of public policy in the world. The ...
The NDIS is a market-style system where government funding will no longer go directly to disability service providers, but instead to the client, who can choose the providers they want.
NDIS minister Bill Shorten is expected to announce the reboot in a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday when he will admit it's been targeted by criminals.
The federal Labor government is carrying out a drastic overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), aiming to cut $60 billion from projected disability spending over the next decade.