The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a major driver of the growth in public spending. It has also driven an unprecedented boom in healthcare and social assistance jobs, which since 2020 ...
The federal budget will receive a $700 million boost off the back of lower-than-expected NDIS spending, but major cost pressures remain on the scheme as Labor struggles to secure a key funding deal ...
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten will ban sex workers from being accessed using NDIS funding. Disability advocates say it will put the choice of which people with a disability have sex in the hands of the ...
An analysis of the National Disability Insurance Scheme by The Age has revealed 56,000 of the 78,600 people who signed up to the NDIS in the 12 months leading to June 2025 had autism as their primary ...
After almost a year of campaigning against an hourly pay cut, music and art therapists have learned of the new maximum rate they can charge NDIS participants. There was huge outcry last year when the ...
Among other changes, the Albanese government is introducing alternative support programs – particularly for those with less severe disabilities Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...
More than 280 people or providers were temporarily or permanently banned, in the last 12 months, while hundreds of other workers and organisations were hit with compliance notices, had their ...
A joint investigation between the NDIS Commission and the National Disability Insurance Agency revealed Freedom Care Group, located in Villawood in Sydney's west, had accumulated almost $340,000 in ...
At the moment the NDIS is harming some participants, not helping them, writes Julie Cross as she reflects on Rebecca Falkingham’s shock admission over costly medical reports. They also complain that ...