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NDIS: advocates call for ‘ironclad commitment’ no participant will lose support before new services in place

Disability organisations welcome proposed changes around foundational supports but urge Labor to give guarantee no participant will be worse off

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose

Bill Shorten, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services, has released the review of the NDIS, which recommends sweeping changes to the scheme. The reforms to come will see the states take up much of the responsibility for providing services for people with more minor issues, especially…

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Grattan on Friday: winners and losers in end-of-year report card on Albanese ministers

It’s not just kids who get report cards (PDFs these days) as school breaks up. So do government ministers, when parliament rises at year’s end.

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NDIS review: what changes to disability services are coming and how have people reacted?

Review calls for total rethink of how governments offer disability support. Here is everything you need to know

The Guardian - AU

Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released. 5 experts react

Findings from an extensive review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been released with ideas on how to transform it. Led by co-chairs Bruce Bonyhady and Lisa Paul, the review heard from around 10,000 people before making 26 recommendations with 139 supporting actions. Presenting their findings, co-chairs wrote:

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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

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

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Final question time of the year – as it happened

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'Unbalanced' disability system needs rapid change

Once considered world-leading, the effectiveness of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been questioned as its cost continues to surge.

AAP

States agree to do more heavy lifting on disability, in exchange for extra health and GST funding

The Albanese government has promised extra funding for health and to extend its top-up of the GST, in exchange for the states undertaking more of the heavy lifting on disability to help curb the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s cost blowout.

The Conversation

Cruel and irresponsible myths about the NDIS are treating autistic Australians as villains. This must stop

Narratives about the so-called ‘epidemic’ of autism typically do not make the distinction between autistic people and diagnoses

The Guardian - AU

Funding deals struck with states on GST, health, NDIS

Anthony Albanese has negotiated deals with states and territories on extra health funding, the GST carve-up and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

AAP

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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

Newcastle Herald

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

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

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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’

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Australia's rates of autism should be celebrated – but real-life impact, not diagnosis, should determine NDIS support

Ahead of the release of the government’s review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), the topic taking centre stage is the diagnosis of autism. Over one third of people accessing the scheme list it as a primary disability.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter disability service to close

'There have been a couple of instances ... that don't pass the pub test'

AAP

Serial rapist to be released with $800k NDIS support

A court has ordered a violent rapist who sexually assaulted and attempted to murder a five-year-old girl be released from prison with $800,000 in NDIS support.

AAP

Mental health spiral behind 'hare-brained' $395m fraud

Demetrios Charisiou has admitted a $395 million investment fraud involving NDIS-supported housing, claiming he was in a manic state during the offending.

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A Senate Inquiry Into Australia’s ADHD Treatment Found It Needs A Massive Overhaul

A senate inquiry into Australia's treatment of ADHD has found it needs big improvements in support, diagnosis, and consistency.

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A Senate inquiry says Australia needs a national ADHD framework to improve diagnosis and reduce costs

Around 800,00 Australians live with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is the most common mental health condition in children aged four to 17, and around half of those with childhood ADHD continue to have significant difficulties as adults.

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