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NDIS reform delays to 'burn $1 billion' taxpayer funds

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has warned delays to passing reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme will cost $1 billion to taxpayers.

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Long wait for aged-care bed, NDIS places clog hospitals

A chronic shortage in NDIS and aged-care placements is crippling the NSW hospital system, the state's health minister says.

AAP

NDIS provider to be made example with man's death case

A judge will let a shuttered NDIS provider continue being sued over a disabled man's death in order to promote compliance with the relevant laws.

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Bill Shorten ‘horrified’ after Coalition and Greens team up and propose delay to NDIS bill

Greens leader Adam Bandt accuses Labor of wanting to make ‘cuts to services’ for disabled people

The Guardian - AU

'Disingenuous' NDIS delay to cost $1 billion

As the government tries to rein in disability support scheme spending, its minister has warned a delay caused by the Greens and opposition will cost $1 billion.

AAP

Shadow energy minister says system in ‘dire trouble’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten’s around-the-world trip to discuss peace in Ukraine and NDIS reform

Bill Shorten, the minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), is currently in New York at a United Nations conference on the rights of people with disabilities.

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NDIS fraud is more than ‘growing pains’ – how fundamental flaws in the scheme should be addressed

New estimates suggest nearly 5% of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is spent in error.

The Conversation

'We will catch you': Shorten pledges NDIS fraud action

Criminals and charlatans attempting to defraud the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been warned they will be caught.

AAP

Wong defends sending NDIS minister to Ukraine talks

NDIS minister and former opposition leader Bill Shorten will attend a Ukrainian peace summit on behalf of Australia, raising the eyebrows of the opposition.

AAP

'Party is over': crackdown on costly NDIS plan rorts

The government has vowed to stamp out unscrupulous NDIS providers encouraging participants to spend their funding too quickly and on non-disability supports.

AAP

Businessman jailed over 'breathtaking' $395m NDIS fraud

A businessman who duped international investors out of tens of millions of dollars as part of an NDIS scheme has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison.

AAP

Promise of NDIS 'under threat', commissioner warns

Australia's disability discrimination commissioner has slammed proposed changes to the NDIS, saying it would reduce participants to their impairment.

AAP

Call to back NDIS changes amid premiers' concerns

State and territory leaders have been urged to support reforms to the NDIS because people with disabilities can't afford to wait any longer for improvements.

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Newcastle Herald

This budget's winners and losers

Every household will receive a $300 rebate on their energy bill.

The Guardian - AU

Experts hope AI tool can cut use of restraints and seclusion on NDIS participants

Program aims to help create better disability support plans to guide carers and support workers’ response to challenging behaviour

The Guardian - AU

How the rise of autism and ADHD fractured Australia’s schools

Almost a million Australian schoolchildren now have a disability – that’s one in four enrolments. Parents, teachers and advocates say education is at crisis point

AAP

Alleged NDIS fraud cases before court top 100

A task force set up to tackle fraud within a government-funded disability insurance scheme has led to dozens of people facing court.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Outrageously scary’: NDIS participants fear proposed changes will give them less choice and control

Many who use the NDIS disagree with the mandatory registration of disability workers, saying it could block their access to support

AAP

Shorten demands criminals not be 'dumped' in NDIS

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten will write to the states demanding they stop relying on the disability scheme to manage released criminals.

The Guardian - AU

Ten lawyers tell court Lehrmann may have leaked confidential material to Spotlight program – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

MP invited to chip in to help GP patients

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Controversial 'cat cafe' reopens following kitten seizure

Owner vows to take it slow and 'deal with trolls'.

AAP

Disability scheme overhaul transforms access to support

An overhaul of the government's disability scheme could change the way Australians access support funding and give powers to the program's watchdog.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: six missing in US bridge collapse, welfare funds diverted to gas giant, Assange wins short reprieve

Cargo vessel may have lost power before ramming into bridge in Baltimore; AGL received thousands of dollars from former customers

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