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Singing to the same old tune: NDIS Tune Review report released
Today the Federal Government released the findings of the Tune Review into the NDIS. First the good news – the recommendations are all things we have have been banging on about for ages. But the bad news – no government response yet.
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Your message to the Minister
The Prime Minister and the new Minister for the NDIS have repeatedly said that fixing the NDIS is a top priority. What do they have in mind? Our EAC champions went to Canberra to find out.
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“I know what red tape is”. Self advocates tell the PM a few home truths
A couple of weeks ago the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the new Minister for the NDIS Stuart Robert held a meeting with a small group of people with disability and their families in western Sydney.
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Your questions answered: A chat with Shadow Minister Linda Burney
The final interview in our federal election series.
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We really made some noise! Our National Day of Action to Make It Work
On May 3rd we held our National Day of Action to Make It Work and thanks to all of your hard work we really made the pollies sit up and take notice!
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Make Your Vote Count
Well the election is only a few days away. Time to make our vote count.
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Your questions answered: A chat with Greens spokesperson on Disability Services Senator Jordon Steele-John
Last week we heard from Minister for Families and Social Services Paul Fletcher. This week we hear from Greens spokesperson on Disability Services Jordon Steele-John.
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Your questions answered: A chat with the Minister for Families and Social Services Paul Fletcher
Last month we asked you what you most wanted to ask our pollies this federal election.
And we were flooded with questions – more than 200 in fact.
So we took the most common and we headed to Canberra to get some answers.
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Autism and the NDIS – what is going on?
There has been a great deal of media coverage during the last week about NDIA plans to review the guidelines which govern access to the NDIS. In particular whether or not they plan to change the guidelines relating to people with autism.
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NDIS review system can no longer be ignored
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has released a report on the administration of NDIS reviews. Among other things, it noted that as of February 2018 there were 8,100 reviews on hand, and a further 620 new review requests each week.
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South Australians with disability and their families demand action after delay announcement
South Australian people with disability and their families demand action following today’s announcement by the government and NDIA that there will be significant delays to the rollout of the NDIS in South Australia.
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Disability Reform Council – Project Plans and Working Groups
There’s a lot happening at the moment, so you may have missed yesterday’s announcement from the Disability Reform Council.
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What the Minister for Social Services says…
We know everyone has lots of questions about the news this week that the Government has decided to scrap its plans to fund the NDIS through an increase to the Medicare Levy.
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Year 12 students consider sector with 70,000 jobs
Grace Vegesana is planning to study law at university once she graduates, but says her perspective on the popular subject has completely changed since she learnt more about the disability and care sector.
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New Report: NDIS pricing is affecting quality
Reasonable, necessary and valued: Pricing disability services for quality support and decent jobs was prepared by a research team led by UNSW for the Health Services Union, Australian
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NDIS respite care concerns the canary in the coal mine
While there is much to commend about the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme the reality is its roll-out has not been as successful as many would have hoped.
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Our Say: Everyone should pay their share for NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme, or NDIS, has itself been labouring under something of a disability of its own: lack of money.
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NDIS marks 100K
The government has announced that 100,000 Australians with disability are now in the NDIS.
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NDIS complaints soar 700pc as disability organisations criticise planning processes
Complaints about the National Disability Insurance Scheme have soared by about 700 per cent in the past year.
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