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Advocates call for council to drive disability reforms

Following the release of a review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, peak bodies say people living with a disability must be at the reform table.

AAP · Dec 7, 2023

After more than a decade of the NDIS, has anything changed about the way we value disabled lives?

Listening to discussions about us as ‘burdens’ and ‘costs’ has been infuriating and wearying

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

Final question time of the year – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

View from The Hill: government's announcement tsunami overshadowed by crisis over ex-detainees

It’s always a rush at the end of the year to push out announcements, but the Albanese government, with an overloaded work program, is finding itself jammed as Christmas bears down.

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

Victoria in the dark on proposed NDIS changes on eve of national cabinet meeting, minister says

Lizzie Blandthorn accuses the federal government of not providing enough information, but Bill Shorten is ‘quietly positive’ reforms can be agreed

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

Morning Mail: industry linked to NT emissions decision, Cop28 president under fire, new risk test for migrants

NT ditches zero emissions policy amid gas industry objections; proposed new laws for re-detention of migrants; Cop28 president claims ‘no science’ for fossil fuel phase-out

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2023

Grattan on Friday: Can the Albanese government turn 2024 into a happy new year despite multiple challenges?

Halfway into its first term, the big question is whether the Albanese government is in a temporary bad patch, or at the beginning of a downhill slide.

The Conversation · Nov 23, 2023

A tussle between the federal and state governments over disability supports is looming. What should happen next?

Over the ten years since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was launched, its design, operations and costs have been scrutinised by governments, the media, the legal system, researchers and people with disability and their advocates.

The Conversation · Nov 23, 2023

'I'm fearful': NDIS battle heats up over kids with autism amid cost blowout

'Autism affects the whole family unit, not just the child.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 22, 2023

Disability advocate hits back at ‘misleading’ claims that NDIS funding is incentivising autism diagnoses

Chief of Children and Young People with Disability Australia says families are simply seeking help for their children, with the NDIS ‘the only place to turn’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 22, 2023