The Latest Breaking News from NDIS

Senior counsel assisting told royal commission one brother’s 12-month plan was worth $102,000, but only $361 was spent

Aresti lives with disability and was facing being put into a group home — until his family got creative with NDIS funding.

From welfare to health, childcare and housing, Guardian Australia examines what has been revealed about the Albanese government’s budget

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.

The federal government and National Cabinet has committed to rebooting and fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with disabilities. It plans to invest more in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), which administers the scheme, and drive change to support participants better.

The federal government is trying to contain the exploding cost of the landmark National Disability Insurance Scheme – especially difficult given the fears of vulnerable people who rely on it.

The ACT's Disability Minister is against the proposed target.

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”.…

The disability community feels blindsided by the government’s announcement of a growth cap on the scheme. We need to be included in decisions that affect us

Australian governments are working to make the NDIS more sustainable as spending on the scheme is on track to overtake Medicare by the middle of the decade.

Minister says people with disability won't get their needs met.