Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Families frayed by NDIS cuts brace for more change ahead of defining 2026

For the more than 700,000 participants and their families relying on the revolutionary National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), 2026 is shaping up to be another transformative year as the ...
The Conversation

Most people with disabling mental health conditions can’t access the NDIS. Here’s a better way to provide support

The pathway to reforming the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is littered with obstacles. Among the biggest challenges is the federal and state governments agreeing on responsibility and ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

What do governments need to do this time to avoid pre-NDIS mistakes?

Before the NDIS, disability support was run by the states and territories, defined by fragmentation, scarcity and segregation. Under the Commonwealth's dramatic cuts to the now-$50 billion scheme, the ...
The Weekly Times

Disability advocate says NDIS changes have 'betrayed' disabled Australians and dragged rights back decades

OPINION: A disability advocate says this year's International Day of People with a Disability feels different as NDIS changes have dragged rights back 30 years. To co-opt the famous words of the late ...
The Conversation

Tiered NDIS provider registration and a say on supports. Are we finally listening to people with disability?

When the review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was handed down at the end of last year, one of the more controversial recommendations was to make provider registration mandatory.
Crikey

Saving the NDIS or shrinking it? History has a warning for Mark Butler

On May 14, Health Minister Mark Butler introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill to federal parliament. He called it an act of ...