Federal government to pass its NDIS overhaul to deliver ‘strong, safe and sustainable’ scheme
The federal government will pass reforms that it says will save the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) “from…
‘I wasn’t there’: Life with dissociative identity disorder
For Ashley Curtis, life with dissociative identity disorder left him feeling like his world was shrinking. Then a…
Original architect of NDIS says scheme is ‘failing’ to protect people it was created to help
Lucy Muggeridge could have been a poster child for the original National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The 31-year-old,…
Disability advocates welcome extension after ‘ridiculous and disrespectful’ NDIS inquiry
Disability advocates have welcomed a pause to a bill paving the way for the biggest-ever cuts to the…
Designer featured on Gardening Australia given temporary NDIS relief after funding stripped
Garden designer Joshua Ruff has been given a six-month reprieve by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) after…
Designer featured on Gardening Australia stripped of NDIS support funding
A Central Victorian man says the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has robbed him of dignity and is…
NDIS labour hire provider United Foundation enters administration citing registration changes and rising costs
A disability services labour hire company has entered voluntary administration and laid off 27 staff blaming regulatory changes,…
Adelaide woman charged with alleged plot to defraud NDIS of $5 million
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) employee over an alleged plot…
Government accused of misleading public on NDIS cuts in heated Senate hearing
The federal government has been accused of selling its cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as…
NDIS integrity inquiry hears raft of alarming claims and calls for greater whistleblower protections
A support worker cut keys to a deafblind National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participant’s home without their knowledge,…
NDIS unregistered provider crackdown coming, as Butler searches for more than $6b in savings
NDIS Minister Mark Butler’s plan to save more than $6 billion a year in National Disability Insurance Scheme…
Government advisory group recommends delaying NDIS ‘robo-planning’ changes
The federal government has been urged by its own National Disability Insurance Scheme advisory group to delay the…