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Albanese has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore civility to Australian politics

Labor has brought collaboration and competence back to the table. The challenge is to harness this positive mood shift

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'What matters is hope, freedom and saying who you are.' What LGBTQ+ people with intellectual disabilities want everyone to know

They are a group often overlooked, described as “invisible”, or perhaps assumed not to exist at all.

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Ryan says supporters have received ‘threatening’ letters – as it happened

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Alan Kohler: The NDIS could crush the Labor government

The Albanese government faces something of a classic Hobson’s Choice when it comes to the revamping the NDIS, writes Alan Kohler.

The New Daily

NDIS fraudsters 'despicable': Shorten

New NDIS minister Bill Shorten has labelled crime gangs that are defrauding the scheme of millions of dollars as "despicable".

AAP

Disability funding 'dreadfully unfair' if you're diagnosed over 65, says motor neurone disease support group

For people diagnosed with motor neurone disease, one year — or even one day — can be the difference between $50,000 and $500,000 in funding.

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Grattan on Friday: If the Albanese government did what really needs to be done, it would be a very big target

Usually the speeches of treasury secretaries are relatively bland, echoes of their political masters. But an address this week from Steven Kennedy was something quite different.

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National Disability Insurance Agency boss resigns amid speculation over his future

Advocates call for NDIA to be led by person with disability after Martin Hoffman steps down as chief executive

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Challenges loom large for new Albanese government

Members of the Albanese government say they do not need to exaggerate when discussing the challenges stretching out before them.

The New Daily

Conservatives, women and Nationals promoted to new Dutton team

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has rewarded conservative allies on a significantly reshuffled front bench that also increases the representation of women.

The New Daily

Activ workshop closures to leave people like Ryan Gee with a very uncertain future

After spending 16 years in the same job, Ryan Gee never imagined he would be out of work, but the impending closure of Activ workshops in WA has left him and hundreds of others in the cold and facing an uncertain future.

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Four charged with $2 million NDIS fraud

The AFP have charged four people with alleged links to organised crime groups in western Sydney with defrauding the NDIS of more than $2 million.

AAP

Morning mail: Labor ministry surprises, NDIA’s legal bill, hopes for bumper ski season

Wednesday: Anthony Albanese’s new frontbench, including a record number of women, to be sworn in. Plus: chefs share favourite warming winter soups

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Who's in the new Labor government cabinet? Who got what role on the frontbench?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position.

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NDIS agency to spend $50m on lawyers to fight people with disability who appealed funding cuts

Critics argue national disability insurance scheme participants are increasingly being pitted against solicitors from top firms

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With a return to Labor government, it's time for an NDIS 'reset'

Labor’s election win sees a return of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to the control of the party that first passed legislation for it. Bill Shorten’s appointment as NDIS Minister makes him responsible for the scheme he championed and helped establish.

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Anthony Albanese vows to ‘keep it real’ as he seeks good rapport with crossbench

Prime minister says he will treat Peter Dutton with respect: ‘I never underestimate my opponents’

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What will the new Labor government do for rural and regional Australia?

With the Nationals now out of power, we examine the Albanese government’s promises and priorities for the bush

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Melbourne woman with cerebral palsy fights to stay in her home after NDIS funding cut

Samar Bain faces being forced into shared accommodation as agency says support package is not ‘value for money’

ABC News

ADHD diagnosis wait times are being blown out by the pandemic, experts say

Despite it affecting one in 10 Australians, experts say there aren't enough specialists who can diagnose ADHD — and the pandemic has made waiting lists even longer.

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Fashion and beauty innovators see opportunities for disability inclusion to cater for 'trillion-dollar' market

There is a growing movement in the fashion and beauty industry to develop products for and with people with disabilities, recognising a virtually untapped trillion-dollar customer market.

The New Daily

Madonna King: We deserve more from our leaders than a tussle between two brands of timid

Whichever of our leaders takes the Treasury benches tomorrow night, they need to wake up on Sunday morning and abandon the small-target approach.

The Guardian - AU

Funding delays keep NDIS participants in hospital months longer than necessary, report finds

Government data shows 1,140 participants are stuck in hospital waiting for housing funding or other support before they can be released

ABC News

Dobell and Robertson voters in NSW raise potholes often, federal candidates say

Federal candidates in two NSW Central Coast seats say the state of the roads is one of the most common topics voters are raising with them, but voters say more important issues will determine votes.

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NDIS participant says 'bureaucratic nightmare' created by agency is wasting taxpayer money

Richard Bradley says tax dollars are being wasted through the "inhumane" decisions that have led to a 400 per cent increase in cases going to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal over the past year.

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