Shaping the Future of Disability Reform with DANA’s Priorities Project
Closing date: March 1, 2024
Introducing two more opportunities for you to get involved and make a meaningful impact in the Priorities Project.
Resources
Proposed changes to the participant pathway explained
Recommendation 3 of the NDIS Review’s Final Report, along with its 9 action points, proposes a comprehensive re-design of the entire NDIS participant pathway. So, you know, just the small stuff. The ‘participant pathway’ is the term used to describe a person’s journey through the NDIS – from learning about the Scheme, to applying, planning, … Continued
NDIS Review Urges Changes to Improve Participant Experience
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Review Final Report proposes a major shake-up of the participant pathway and experience. Accessing the NDIS, plan budgeting and implementation, and the roles the NDIS workforce will play are set to change.
Calling all disabled young people
Closing date: March 4, 2024
If you’re a disabled young Australian who wants to collaborate with others (and get paid for it), then you should apply for our Project Advisory Group! In this group, you will be working as part of the @NDIS Right To Be Heard Project. This project aims to assist disabled Australians in understanding their rights and … Continued
What has the NDIS Review said about home and living supports?
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides a critical way for people with disability to access housing and living supports. The NDIS Review Final Report has made two recommendations to reform current housing and living support, with a stated aim of improving access for all people with disability.
There is overwhelming gender bias in the NDIS – and the review doesn’t address it
The review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) released last month included welcome recommendations to better support First Nations people, understand culturally diverse concepts of disability and care, and advocacy for LGBTIQ+ people. The review acknowledges women with disability face barriers to access support and efforts to understand their experiences need to be accelerated.
Albanese government to flesh out new scope of disability supports outside NDIS
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.
2023-24 Annual pricing review – Public consultations open
Closing date: March 17, 2024
Tell us how your feel about your disability support services and the prices you pay. Having a say about the disability supports you need helps us keep participants at the centre of any changes we make. Every year, we review the maximum prices charged by registered disability support providers through the NDIS Annual Pricing Review.
NDIS swells government spending for community services
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
Labor accused of being more concerned with NDIS costs than people with disabilities
Former ACT minister Emma Davidson voices unease after states and territories given just one month to review landmark report into scheme.
Your Guide to the NDIS Review: Experts Have Their Say
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.
“Disability is part of being human”: As a society, what will we lose if we cut the NDIS?
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
Bill Shorten doubles down on promise to Australians with disability in wake of landmark NDIS review
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.
VIDEO: Disability community generally content with NDIS review
Despite the contentment, there’s concern about the requirement that all providers delivering services will have to be registered.
What happens to the kids the NDIS can’t help any more?
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.