FED:NDIS whistleblower protections 'worst' in Australia Human rights lawyers are urging the federal government to create a law protecting whistleblowers in a bid to ensure integrity in the multi-billion dollar NDIS. AAP · May 21
FED:Laws stopping NDIS wrongdoing from being called out Human rights lawyers are urging the federal government to create a law protecting whistleblowers, in a bid to ensure integrity in the multi-billion dollar NDIS. AAP · May 20
NDIS whistleblower protections 'worst' in Australia Human rights lawyers are urging the federal government to create a law protecting whistleblowers in a bid to ensure integrity in the multi-billion dollar NDIS. AAP · May 20
Morning Mail: scientists sound alarm over CSIRO job losses, fears grow over Ebola outbreak, Arsenal crowned Premier League champions Climate modelling at risk from science agency cuts; WHO mulls experimental Ebola vaccines; analysis reveals who will feel NDIS cuts the most The Guardian - AU · May 19
Australians with Down syndrome among those to suffer most from proposed NDIS cuts to social activities ‘It’s heartless to cut supports we need to leave the house, work and study at a time when the cost of living has dramatically increased’, advocate says The Guardian - AU · May 19
The government plans to tighten NDIS eligibility. Here’s what’s likely to change Amid the noise and spectacle of budget week, one significant policy change has slipped largely under the radar. Health Minister Mark Butler introduced changes that, if passed by parliament, will tighten access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Conversation · May 17
NDIS reform to clean-up fraud, improve care: providers Sweeping NDIS reforms will enforce tougher provider registration requirements and improve the quality of support for all, an inquiry has been told. AAP · May 14
NDIS cuts could leave some participants with a funding gap. How will the changes affect you? Proposals also grant the health minister power to change disability support rules without state or territory approval. Here’s what you need to know The Guardian - AU · May 14
Angus Taylor’s plan to bar migrants from welfare payments undermines our quest for belonging The proposed changes draw a clearer line between those who are fully entitled and those who are not The Guardian - AU · May 14
Australians will need to exhaust ‘all appropriate’ treatment options to access NDIS under proposed rules Exclusive: Sweeping overhaul expected to be introduced to parliament Thursday as Greens warn proposal is ‘extraordinarily alarming’ The Guardian - AU · May 13
Labor faces parliament challenge to budget tax reform The treasurer will need to get the Greens or the coalition on board in order to make sweeping changes in his fifth budget a reality. AAP · May 13
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Wilson on the budget’s hidden hits on young Australians The federal government’s fifth budget contains major, controversial changes to the tax arrangements for housing. The government has argued that the changes will ensure young people will have better access to the housing market. The Conversation · May 13
The budget in seven graphs: no big surprises but this may be one of the most ambitious moves to fix Australia’s finances With some long-awaited sanity on housing and taxes, including CGT and negative gearing changes, it’s one of the most important for good – but will still leave some out in the cold The Guardian - AU · May 12
Huge cuts to national disability insurance scheme aim to save more than $36bn in budget’s largest single measure NDIS changes foreshadowed by health minister Mark Butler will drastically reduce access to the scheme, with nearly 700 staff positions to go at NDIA The Guardian - AU · May 12
The Conversation · May 7 Grattan on Friday: The Farrer result will set off a willy willy. The budget already has The run-up to a budget always sees a degree of chaos. But this year it has looked like one of those willy willies that blow up in outback Australia when the wind stirs a storm of dust.
The Conversation · May 4 Albanese’s ratings jump in federal polls; Liberals easily retain Nepean at Victorian byelection In both the Redbridge and Freshwater polls, Anthony Albanese’s net favourability has jumped eight points since late March to -9. In Redbridge, the Coalition rebounded from a low of 17% in March to 22%.
AAP · May 3 Right tax moves matter more than mandates: treasurer Expected changes to negative gearing or capital gains tax would not break an election promise because they would be for the right reasons, Jim Chalmers says.
AAP · May 1 'Unbearable': care provider fined over burns death It is "almost inconceivable" that two disability workers did not check water temperature before putting a highly vulnerable woman in a bath, a judge says.
AAP · May 1 Revealed: amount of NDIS spending lost to fraud, misuse About $3.7 billion is being lost annually from the NDIS through fraud or unintentional misuse of funds, the head of the scheme's fraud taskforce has warned.
The Conversation · Apr 30 What do the proposed NDIS changes mean for people with disability living in supported accommodation? Amid major reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), unveiled last week, NDIS minister Mark Butler announced the government’s plans to commission supported independent living services for people with disability, “rather than relying on a market that isn’t working”.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27 Families of children with autism say their NDIS plans are already being cut – and the alternatives aren’t there Before a massive overhaul of the disability scheme, families say plans are already being slashed or rejected as they are told to wait for support programs that do not yet exist
AAP · Apr 25 NDIS cuts not just about kicking people off: minister The minister in charge of the NDIS has defended looming changes to the scheme that will require people with disabilities to be reassessed.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 25 Today’s bloated NDIS would never have been greenlit, its former head says. How did we get here? The Albanese government this week launched the most significant intervention in the disability support scheme’s history
The Conversation · Apr 24 NDIS eligibility will be based on ‘functional capacity’, not diagnostic labels. But what does that mean? This week the government unveiled plans to reduce the number of people in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by 160,000 over the next four years, a decision NDIS Minister Mark Butler has called “hard” but “unavoidable and urgent”.
AAP · Apr 23 Pressure on states to get behind NDIS changes States and territories are being lobbied by the federal treasurer to back National Disability Insurance Scheme reforms to handle more people than previously.