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NDIS: Landmark disability reform a step closer after funding pledge
Australia’s biggest social reform in decades is a step closer, with almost $65 million pledged to fund the three Victorian organisations that will co-ordinate the National Disability Insurance Scheme when it launches in July.
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Extended Families Australia offering respite to families of children with disabilities
FAMILIES of young children and teens with disabilities are receiving extended support thanks to a trial program under way in Hume and Moreland.
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Young boys with rare muscle disease among the first to receive NDIS in Queensland
A north Queensland mother is grateful her sons will be among the first to benefit from the National Disability Insurance Scheme when it is rolled out in parts of Queensland later this year.
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Giving the NDIS Clickability
Two social workers concerned about the lack of information on NDIS services, and their quality, have created an online directory of ratings and reviews.
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Government to Restore Disability Commissioner
The Turnbull Government has moved to restore the position of Disability Discrimination Commissioner after two years of controversy surrounding the post.
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New NDIS Account to Lock in Funding
The Federal Government has announced it will guarantee the final funding source for the National Disability Insurance Scheme by setting up a special “future fund” to hold Commonwealth contributions.
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NDIS savings to help fund federal contribution
The Turnbull government will use savings from the National Disability Insurance Scheme to help pay for its contribution to it in future years.
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Indigenous disability advocates speak about the NDIS on Close the Gap Day
Indigenous people from throughout northern New South Wales have come together to discuss accessing disability services on Close the Gap Day.
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New dawn gives the disabled choices
But for his mother’s unconditional love, Dan Nunn would be trapped in a world even modern medicine does not understand.
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NDIS to come before review
An independent report that could critically affect the final design of WA’s disability services system will not be delivered until after the full rollout of the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme begins.
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Government ‘committed’ to NDIS rollout
The federal government denies it is harbouring a secret plan to delay and water down the national disability insurance scheme.
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National Disability Insurance Scheme stoush triggers alarm
What does a man in his forties hope for in life?
A decent job and some money in the bank perhaps. For some, a family. For others, travel and a rich social life.
George Taleporos has some of these. But what he wants most is to be fully independent.
States reject leaked NDIS proposal they say would increase federal control
State and territory governments have decried what they say is an attempt by the commonwealth government to take carriage of the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS), saying the program is too important to be the subject of an “ideological attack”.
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NSW, Victoria critical of plan for greater federal control of NDIS
NSW and Victoria have lashed out at Social Services Minister Christian Porter’s plan to give the federal government greater control over the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s board.
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Reprieve for NDIS Board Members
The Federal Government has given a reprieve to members of the inaugural board of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, backing away from its earlier plans to replace them with heavyweights from the corporate sector.
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States fear Fed Govt is trying to seize control of NDIS: Martin Foley on RN Breakfast
Crunch time is fast approaching for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which is due to dramatically expand from July this year.
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Govt denies plan to alter NDIS eligibility
The Turnbull government denies it has plans to make changes to rules around eligibility for the national disability insurance scheme.
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NDIS to spark multi-billion dollar jobs boom in Victoria
The National Disability Insurance Scheme could spark a multibillion-dollar jobs boom in Victoria by helping thousands of people with disability and their carers to find work, new analysis suggests.
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Autism experts at odds with NDIS plan
A panel of autism experts commissioned to advise the National Disability Insurance Agency on the condition has recommended children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis receive at least 20 hours a week of early intervention, delivered either one-to-one or in a small group.
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NDIS budget under strain with boom in autism diagnoses
The sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is in question with an unexpected boom in autism cases blowing out budget forecasts.
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Whatever Happened To The NDIS?
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott were the best of enemies. For three years they struggled to find a subject on which they could be civil, let alone united.
But the one thing even they agreed on, in April 2012, was that Australia should introduce a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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NDIS will pay for itself: new analysis forecasts huge jobs growth
Fears of a funding shortfall in the National Disability Insurance Scheme are unfounded according to the findings of an economic report which shows that the program will spark a multi-billion dollar jobs boom in NSW.
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NDIS Canberra rollout improves but numbers underestimated: quarterly report
After shaky beginnings, the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the ACT is on track with complaints slowing down.
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