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In The Media 5 May 2017

Victoria Looks to Divest Disability Services as Part of NDIS Rollout

The Victorian government is looking to divest a number of disability services to the non-government sector in the next step of the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

In The Media 5 May 2017

NDIS reviews practices after lengthy delay in helping critically ill Queensland toddler

The National Disability Insurance Agency says it is reviewing its practices after a Queensland toddler with a life-threatening condition has waited more than five months for vital treatment.

In The Media 5 May 2017

Funding housing: NDIS payments back new accommodation for disabled youth

National Disability Insurance Scheme funding has been used for the first time to develop housing that has moved young people with disabilities out of aged care homes.

In The Media 26 April 2017

Concern over speed of NDIS rollout in Indigenous communities, as NSW launches approach

A lobby group is calling for a slow down in the launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Aboriginal communities, as its rollout looms in remote parts of NSW.

In The Media 21 April 2017

NDIA to Appeal Disability Transport Ruling as Test Case

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is to appeal a Federal Court decision over funding arrangements for transport costs under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, claiming it will be a test case for the future viability of the scheme.

In The Media 21 April 2017

NDIS hiccups are expected, as with any large-scale social reform

The agreement to launch the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in 2012 was met with great excitement. It also came with large expectations about the transformation this would bring in terms of services and outcomes for people with disability.

In The Media 18 April 2017

Warning: watch out for dodgy operators in NDIS

Disability workers, unions and advocacy groups are raising the alarm over the likelihood that less experienced, less qualified staff, and even dodgy operators could pour into the sector under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In The Media 18 April 2017

Terminally ill mother fears NDIS ‘writing off’ people with neurological conditions

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has denied a terminally ill mother help to keep communicating with her family.

In The Media 13 April 2017

The Evolution of Housing for People with Disabilities

Australia needs to work towards a future where the disability service system and housing solutions work together and where the current limits to choice and control are progressively removed writes Dr George Taleporos, policy manager at the Summer Foundation.

In The Media 13 April 2017

People with autism have the right to support under the NDIS

Commentary suggesting that funding autism will break the NDIS is a misnomer. Creating an abitrary hierarchy of need is morally unacceptable.

In The Media 10 April 2017

Cuts to the $22 billion NDIS behemoth would cost more in the long run

Everyone knows the National Disability Insurance Scheme is a great idea, but hopelessly over budget – an expensive Labor extravagance – right?

Don’t buy the lie.

In The Media 10 April 2017

Developers seizing on disability-friendly apartment opportunities as NDIS needs soar

For most of the last decade Amy Pilson could not escape a sense of loneliness and isolation.

In The Media 3 April 2017

Mental health carers urge against rolling support funding into NDIS

Mental health carers have urged a parliamentary inquiry to recommend the funding that supports their work looking after people with psychosocial disabilities be quarantined from the National Disability Insurance Agency.

In The Media 30 March 2017

People with disabilities now have their own relevant version of Yelp

Sites like Yelp give us options when it comes to the restaurants we visit or the doctors we see, but that choice hasn’t been equally shared.

In The Media 30 March 2017

Federal Court rules in favour of Victorian man over NDIS payment of transport costs

The Federal Court has upheld an appeal against the funding arrangements for transport under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In The Media 29 March 2017

NDIS housing rules for people with a disability could be life-changing

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Rules were tabled in federal parliament in mid-March. The new rules offer the possibility of an inclusive Australian society that enables those people with the highest disability-related support needs to have equal access to mainstream services including housing.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Fears life-saving mental health support at risk for thousands of Australians

Jane* has lived with severe depression and anxiety for the last 15 years outside a small town in rural Victoria.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Disability Groups Unite Against Mobility Allowance Cuts

Disability groups across the country have united in protest against proposed cuts that could leave people with disability without access to transport.

In The Media 29 March 2017

NDIS planning process leaves people with a disability fighting for support

Genni Buckingham has travelled to Las Vegas to see Celine Dion twice but her plan under the National Disability Insurance Scheme has left her struggling to travel a few suburbs away for essential medical appointments.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Five tips to prepare for the NDIS

WHETHER the NDIS is rolling out in your region tomorrow, in six months or in a year, you need to start getting ready now.

In The Media 29 March 2017

Social Justice Issues Remain High as Labor Sweeps into Power in WA

Social justice issues remain a major concern in Western Australia despite the Labor party’s landslide election victory at the weekend, according to the social services sector in that state.

In The Media 6 March 2017

NDIS enrolments surging, but at what expense?

The number of people joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) jumped dramatically in the last three months of 2016, according to official figures.

In The Media 6 March 2017

The Difference Between the WA NDIS and the Real NDIS

The WA National Disability Insurance Scheme is a deeply flawed agreement imposing unnecessary financial costs on all West Australians, writes the man credited with being the father of the NDIS, Bruce Bonyhady.

In The Media 6 March 2017

Porter hits out at WA over NDIS

The Federal Government has delivered an embarrassing smackdown to Premier Colin Barnett, rubbishing the report his Government used to justify taking State control of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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