NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says regulations that allow participants to access government-funded sex workers will be scrapped, saying it 'doesn't pass the test' for a service that is reasonable or ...

In short: NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says changes to the scheme must occur to keep it going. Disability advocates including Greens senator Jordon Steele-John do not agree with the proposed changes.

The NDIS watchdog and Bill Shorten’s office knew of a bombshell dossier about troubled disability business Cocoon SDA Care in 2023 and yet the company was allowed to continue looking after some of ...

Here I am with Linda Burney and Bill Shorten at an NDIS forum in Melbourne in 2019. Darren England/AAP Containing costs When Shorten became Minister for the NDIS in 2022, he initiated a 12-month ...

Rogue disability provider Cocoon’s parent company and its sole director have been permanently banned by the NDIS watchdog, as ...

A new system of services for people with milder disabilities no longer eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme ...

The struggles and suffering of Adelaide man Peter Wilson, 55, who had two strokes, went blind and developed vascular dementia, highlight why the NDIS is vital for our most vulnerable citizens with ...

The NDIS watchdog is moving to ban rogue provider Cocoon SDA Care and its nominated ­director permanently, as a whistleblower ...

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has sought to reassure the disability community that it would get input into the design of a reformed National Disability Insurance Scheme, amid concerns that ...