Australia: Senate committee whitewashes Labor’s assault on NDIS disability support

The interim report is a warning that Labor intends to ram through the NDIS legislation despite the widespread opposition ...

She won gold for her country. Now a cut to her NDIS plan has stripped her of independence

She won two gold medals at the Paralympics but now Tracy Barrell OAM has been stripped of 96 per cent of her NDIS funding.

Greens claw back Butler’s NDIS powers as price for passing negative gearing, CGT overhaul

The crossbench party agreed to vote for the budget tax package in exchange for extending an inquiry into the government’s ...

Designer featured on Gardening Australia stripped of NDIS support funding

A central Victorian garden designer who lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy says sudden changes to his NDIS plan put his ...

NDIS might have paid $100 for my disabled sister’s mat. We paid $5

For all the talk of fraud and fakes, it’s everyday profiteering that threatens this vital scheme. People like my twin sister ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NDIS regional support services boosted by FIFO healthcare program

A state and federal Joint Work Program will help to bring allied healthcare workers to regional towns to connect communities with the NDIS. The statewide rollout follows a $7.9 million pilot project ...
Green Left Weekly

Labor cuts $14 billion from NDIS, with more to come

The disability political football (otherwise known as the National Disability Insurance Scheme — NDIS) received a substantial kick in the May 14 federal budget. True to its core neoliberal values, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The NDIS review says 'the moment has come' for change. Here's what to expect

The latest review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has had many participants and their families on edge. And on Thursday NDIS Minister Bill Shorten provided more details about the ...
Opinion

Tightening NDIS eligibility will disproportionately affect women – in more ways than you’d expect

Public hearings are underway this week to highlight the impacts of the government’s new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) bill to tighten eligibility and save costs. Over the past two days, ...
The Guardian

Sam endured four miserable years in a disability group home. The NDIS was meant to change that – but reports of neglect are surging

Exclusive: The regulator is fielding an increasing number of reports of abuse, injuries and unauthorised restraint, documents released under FoI show Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...
The Conversation

The NDIS promises lifelong support – but what about end‑of‑life support for people with disability?

Official estimates predict that by 2032, more than one million Australians will be supported by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Much of the focus on the NDIS has been with how much it ...