The Weekly Times

NDIS participants facing ‘perfect storm of harm’, committee hears

A four-year-old girl died after being denied support from the National Disability Insurance Scheme and contracting influenza ...

'Everyday living cost' or assistive technology? NDIS participants frustrated with flexibility of rules

A year after a controversial NDIS change, advocates are growing increasingly concerned that "counterintuitive" and ...
Mena FN

'Thriving Kids' Could Help Secure The Future Of The NDIS. But What Will The Program Mean For Children And Families?

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Mark Butler, the minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), today announced a new plan to“secure the future” of the NDIS. Central to this ...
The Conversation

Government plans to use NDIS purchasing power to help save billions – but they shouldn’t put products before people

Libby Callaway receives funding from the Australian government Department of Health and Ageing, and the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria. She is the voluntary President of the Australian ...

Phillip Thompson: Townsville NDIS patients 'abandoned' by Labor reforms

Carers for people living with disability are being forced to provide tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid work to their ...