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‘Stuck at all points’: NDIS complexity keeps people with disabilities in hospital

A recent report found the main reason for the delay in discharging people with disabilities was getting plans and funding approved.

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Shorten seeks to free up hospital beds

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has set ambitious targets to get disabled people out of hospital when they are ready to leave.

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Disabling the disabled

Despite being found fit to leave hospital, people living with a disability wait an average 160 days before being discharged, and Prince Andrew was abused by a young man in a Melbourne City FC shirt as he walked behind his mother’s coffin in Edinburgh.

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PM takes much-needed 'paws' from politics

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent time with cute puppies at an event held to recognise the importance of assistance dogs and their handlers.

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Disability support worker shortage worsened by low pay, COVID-19 and doubts about careers

Nick McAllister relies on disability support worker Lorraine Abel to help him with the tasks in life he finds difficult. But the sector is facing a severe worker shortage and many clients aren't getting the support they need.

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People living with multiple sclerosis join growing chorus for reforms to 'clearly broken' NDIS

People living with multiple sclerosis are joining calls for urgent reforms to the "broken" NDIS system that's left many with either not enough funding or none at all amid a lack of awareness of their neurological condition.

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Bill Shorten issues NDIS fraud crackdown warning as woman jailed, another charged

Service providers rorting the National Disability Insurance Scheme are being targeted as part of a new crackdown.

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With Anthony Albanese's popularity apparently soaring, have we reached peak Albo?

The honeymoon period for Australian prime ministers is 94 days, according to a leading political science expert — which means that Anthony Albanese's popularity bubble is set to burst.

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Robodebt royal commission to review ‘untold harm’ caused by Coalition’s botched scheme

Anthony Albanese labels saga a ‘human tragedy’ as former Queensland chief justice Catherine Holmes set to lead inquiry into Centrelink debt recovery scheme

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Australia to hold wide-ranging inquiry into automated debt recovery scheme

Australia's Labor government said on Thursday it will hold a wide-ranging inquiry into an automated debt recovery scheme set up by the former conservative coalition which wrongly calculated thousands of welfare recipients owed money to the government.

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Labor increases primary vote in new poll

A Resolve Strategic poll published in Nine newspapers shows Labor has extended its primary vote to 42 per cent since the election.

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NDIS fraud reports reveal the scheme's weakest points

Last year, nearly A$45 million in National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) payments were cancelled as they were thought to be fraudulent. But more recent estimates suggest that may be nowhere near the level of fraud occurring in the scheme.

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NDIS price freeze of support coordination for third year running sees businesses exit market

Kathy and Daniel Dwyer fear they may lose their support coordinator after the NDIS freezes pricing for the third year in a row. Their provider is one of more than 250 likely to close in the next year.

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What we know about Scott Morrison secretly appointing himself to three ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Governor-General David Hurley has confirmed that former prime minister Scott Morrison was appointed to additional portfolios during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what we know.

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Prime Minister to investigate claims of Scott Morrison's secret ministry grab during COVID-19

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will investigate claims the former prime minister, Scott Morrison, swore himself into several ministries during the height of the pandemic. Follow live.

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NDIS taskforce to hunt down organised crime groups 'robbing' billions from disability clients

A police taskforce will be established to target organised crime groups allegedly intimidating and exploiting disability scheme participants and defrauding billions of dollars from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Further NDIS resourcing to tackle fraud

More resources would help prevent criminals defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme through false invoices and overcharging, Bill Shorten says.

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More than $10 million in assistance claims denied as Australians caught trying to rort flood support

With more than 793 criminal investigations into suspected fraudulent claims, the federal government raises concerns that, while money is being offered to those who need it, others are taking advantage of the system.

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Catherine has regular falls at home due to a degenerative eye condition. The NDIA is refusing to fund modifications that would keep her safe

Some people who rely on the National Disability Insurance Scheme claim it has an adversarial approach that is pushing them to despair, with lengthy battles over funding becoming increasingly common.

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West Australian NDIS participant Mitchell Pearce dies in Busselton hospital waiting for disability accommodation

The family of a disabled man who died after spending more than four months in hospital waiting for accommodation describe the NDIS and aged care system in Australia as "broken".

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Shorten vows to streamline NDIS processes

A public hospital bed-block of NDIS participants is the result of inefficient processes ignored by the former government, the minister Bill Shorten says.

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NDIS participant Mitchell Pearce's family fears he will die in hospital waiting for a home

Disabled man Mitchell Pearce's family say he has lost the will to live as his four-month wait in a WA hospital prompts intervention from Bill Shorten.

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Hannah Diviney reveals being trolled after calling out Beyoncé for ableist slur as Q+A panel asks for greater disability representation

A conversation about ableist lyrics in a Beyoncé song leads to calls for more people with disability to be appointed to senior roles in the NDIS and Australian politics.

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Not reading the room, News Corp struggles to score with LGBTIQA+ exclusion

The Murdoch press is fighting its self-styled LGBTQIA+ culture war on multiple fronts, but finds itself short on allies and support.

Crikey

Shirtfront the rich: why it’s time to bring back Tony Abbott’s tax on the uberwealthy

Australia faces a revenue problem — and Anthony Albanese might need to turn to an unlikely source in order to address it.

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