Despite growth rate cut and best intentions, Australia’s NDIS remains an unsustainable program
The runaway costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme need to be addressed as a matter of urgency, whoever wins the ...
NDIS breakthrough as Bill Shorten and the states reach reform deal
The Albanese government has finally struck a deal with the states that should result in the stalled Bill to overhaul the ...
Ballooning NDIS ‘coming under control’, but key reforms in flux
The government is not trying to tighten NDIS eligibility, but says its clean-up of the huge disability program is yielding ...
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Bill Shorten says he's been 'lucky to have served' Australians as he delivers his valedictory speech to a packed parliament — as it happened
Bill Shorten says he's been "lucky to have served" Australians as he delivers his valedictory speech to a packed parliament. The NDIS minister and former Labor leader said the disability scheme ...
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NDIS Under Siege: Over 100 Cases Of Fraud Uncovered in Australia’s Disability Scheme
In response to the escalating situation, NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has initiated a task force to crack down on these fraudulent activities. The task force, known as the Fraud Fusion Taskforce ...
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PVO: Australia's biggest loser didn't just lose unloseable election
The man who came within a whisker of being Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, now NDIS minister, won’t contest the next election. After nearly 20 years in politics he is moving on, not taking up a ...
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‘Out of touch’: Bill Shorten under fire over $620,000 speechwriter
Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley has labelled NDIS Minister Bill Shorten “out of touch” over his department's use of taxpayer funds. It follows reports that Service Australia is spending $ ...
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NDIS bill delay to cost $1 billion over eight weeks
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten discusses a delayed NDIS bill that has been sent back to a parliamentary committee for an eight-week review. "The Senate committee, which the Liberals want to put the ...
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Sex work access under NDIS to be banned, removing supports for 'ordinary life', say disability advocates
Sex work will be banned from being funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme under NDIS Minister Bill Shorten's planned reforms, the minister has confirmed. The decision to exclude ...
Time to cut hidden fees and charges from the NDIS
A vision for the future of the NDIS should include simplicity and a return to commonsense collaboration among service ...
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How the NDIS is being rorted by dodgy providers
Billions of NDIS funds used to pay for drugs, alcohol The scheme is seeing a major revamp in funding laws READ MORE: Ally Langdon and Bill Shorten clash during heated NDIS interview Taxpayer funds ...