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Labor’s $15bn NDIS savings push sparks concerns of service cuts

Bill Shorten says savings possible through tackling rorts, spiralling costs and rip-offs, but disability advocates remain sceptical

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NDIS-funded disability services set for an overhaul as government seeks to slow forecast growth

Eligibility for services funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is set to be tightened as the government seeks to bank $74.3 billion in savings through trimmed growth forecasts.

ABC News

NDIS participants say their funding — and taxpayer money — is being tied up in unnecessary bureaucracy

As talks about how to make the NDIS more sustainable ramp up again, people with disability say a good place to start would be with the costly and "exhausting" red tape.

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NDIS cost scrutiny is intensifying again – the past shows this can harm health and wellbeing for people with disability

Those in the disability field have been expressing a sense of whiplash since Friday. Many had felt buoyed by reassurances from Bill Shorten, minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), at the National Press Club the previous week that a reboot would ensure the scheme was “here to stay”.…

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Alan Kohler: Something strange and sad is happening to the Labor Party

Something strange and sad has happened to Labor. The policy courage of Whitlam, Hawke and Keating has been replaced.

The New Daily

Grattan on Friday: The government invited ambit claims for the budget and now it will be judged against them

Budgets are for stakeholders and interest groups like Christmas is for kids. They’re preceded by a multitude of letters to “Santa”, aka the treasurer, in the run-up.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Labor blasted for jobseeker stance; tributes flow for Father Bob; and Melbourne’s endless suburban sprawl

Beloved Melbourne priest who defiantly and tirelessly advocated for the underdog has died aged 88

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Govt knocks back its own panel’s call to boost JobSeeker

An Albanese minister has conceded he couldn't live on JobSeeker, even as the govt appears poised to ignore another call to lift the rate.

The New Daily

The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten yesterday announced a “reboot” of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme and six major areas of reform. Getting the NDIS back on track, Shorten said, will require reform across all disability services.

The Conversation

Michael Pascoe: The darling buds of May promise the flowering of reforms

There are drums beating in the policy jungle that the first days of May might see Australia commit to taking on necessary economic reform.

The New Daily

Indigenous face double NDIS disadvantage, network says

Reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme must include a focus on helping Indigenous Australians, an advocacy group says.

AAP

Bill Shorten says public servants adversely named in robodebt inquiry could face disciplinary action

Government services minister will await findings of commissioner Catherine Holmes before considering ‘what to do with those people’

The Guardian - AU

Shorten flags consequences for robodebt enablers

The robodebt royal commission exposed a "soullessness" within senior parts of the public service which shocked Government Services Minister Bill Shorten.

AAP

Shorten reboot to put NDIS back ‘on the right track’

Major reforms of the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been outlined by Bill Shorten to address spiralling costs.

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NDIS 'reboot' will include more staff, cost crackdown, longer-term plans and shonky services purge, Shorten says

Saying the national disability insurance scheme has "lost its way", NDIS Minister Bill Shorten outlines a reset that would purge fraudsters, offer longer-term supports, boost staffing and address rising costs that threaten to make the scheme unsustainable.

The New Daily

Shorten pledges to eliminate ‘predatory’ NDIS providers

Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme is here for the long-term, but the minister in charge says serious reform is essential to ensure it meets

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Major ‘reboot’ for NDIS, voice opposition hardens, Europe air fares soar

Bill Shorten to announce major shakeup of the welfare scheme that he helped devise; Essential poll shows slight change in referendum intentions

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Shorten pledges to eliminate 'predatory' NDIS providers

Bill Shorten will provide a 'state of the union' address on the National Disability Insurance Scheme and argue for a reboot to disability services and support.

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The Guardian - AU

Labor to target ‘unethical practices’ and ‘shoddy therapies’ in expanded NDIS crackdown

Bill Shorten wants to stop participants being treated like ‘cash cows’ as he reveals taskforce had 1,700 tipoffs in a month

The Guardian - AU

From stage-three tax cuts to welfare relief: what’s on Australia’s 2023 budget wishlist?

Jim Chalmers is under pressure to deliver for those doing it tough – but inflation and national debt pose serious obstacles

The New Daily

Use of debt collectors cut for social welfare payments

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says the government will no longer outsource debt collection for welfare payments following the robodebt debacle.

AAP

'Inhumane' debt collection of welfare overpayments ends

The federal government will no longer use third-party debt collection agencies for welfare overpayments following lessons learned from the robodebt debacle.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government axing external debt collectors in bid to prevent another robodebt

Welfare debt reform means citizens are no longer ‘guilty until proven innocent’, says government services minister Bill Shorten

ABC News

NDIS mark-ups for people with a disability as bad as wedding price gouging, insiders say

It's been coined the "disability tax" where some NDIS participants are being charged double or even triple the price of services compared to those not on the scheme, for the exact same treatment or product.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Dutton saddles up for Aston race amid Victorian Liberal infighting

Byelections for leaders are rather like steeplechases for horses: there is always the risk of serious injury.

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