Critical work to take financial pressure off the $42bn National Disability Insurance Scheme will begin with a new federally funded strategy to develop and deliver more disability programs outside the scheme.
Spending on Australia’s community services has grown 45.9% over the past four years, with data showing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and other disability supports cost $37.4 billion last financial year. According to a Report on Government Services (ROGs), the cost of Australia’s community services absorbed 18.9% of total expenditure in the 2021-22 financial … Continued
Former ACT minister Emma Davidson voices unease after states and territories given just one month to review landmark report into scheme.
On this episode of Reasonable & Necessary, Dr George brings together Australia’s leading disability advocates to unpack the NDIS Review. Dr George, along with El Gibbs, Nick Avery, Jarrod Sandell-Hay and Sam Paior will guide you through all the big changes that are proposed, and what they might mean for you.
It’s disturbing seeing your worth as a person being debated in newspapers. But with the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) back in the headlines, disabled people are getting the message loud and clear: we represent little more than a drain on the economy, a thorn in the side of capitalism, a cost … Continued
Australians with disability will not be forced off the National Disability Insurance Scheme without alternative support services in place, Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten has reassured.
Despite the contentment, there’s concern about the requirement that all providers delivering services will have to be registered.
The scheme was overwhelmed by autism cases with nowhere else to go. Creating new services for them is one of the pointiest issues in the review.
Today, the Independent Review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Review) published its Final Report: Working together to deliver the NDIS Disability Representative Organisations issued a Joint Media Statement, endorsed by over 70 organisations across Australia.
The highly anticipated NDIS review has been released and has recommended a total rethink of how governments offer disability services in Australia. Here is everything you need to know.
After a mighty amount of work from disabled people and their families, supporters and allies, the NDIS came into being more than a decade ago. But has the exclusion and isolation of people like me actually been addressed?
To support the final report NDIS Review have created a guide for people with disability and their families, which provides information on the topics that they understand matter most to you. In addition to this, there is supporting analysis provides detailed working information and evidence that informed the final report. They have also created fact … Continued
At long last! The Final Report of the NDIS Review has been publicly released. If you’ve clicked on this article, you probably don’t need to be told this is a big deal. But hell, let’s say it anyway, loudly for those at the back: this is a big, big deal. Some of the changes proposed … Continued
Bill Shorten is seeking to defuse a growing row with state and territory governments over funding for the NDIS, insisting the federal government does not want to “change things overnight”. But with a showdown looming at national cabinet this week, disability advocates have urged leaders not to treat the community as “political footballs”.
The Government has today announced the appointment and reappointment of members of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Independent Advisory Council (IAC). Minister for the NDIS Bill Shorten said he was pleased to welcome disability advocate Mr Gavin Burner to the IAC. Mr Burner’s appointment is significant as it strengthens the IAC’s representation of people … Continued