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ASDP responds to NDIS reform direction, calls for functional approach and strong developmental supports

The Australasian Society for Developmental Paediatrics (ASDP) has responded to the Australian Government’s proposed reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), following the address by ...

The Coalition wants NDIS reform to focus on 3 things. Here’s what this would mean for users – and the budget

The government is expected to announce further changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) this week, focused on containing the rising number of participants and the growth in costs, ...
The Guardian

NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians

Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the government Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...
The Guardian

Today’s bloated NDIS would never have been greenlit, its former head says. How did we get here?

The Albanese government this week launched the most significant intervention in the disability support scheme’s history Labor’s NDIS cuts: here’s what we know so far Get our breaking news email, free ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How the NDIS grew to four times the size that was expected

This week, Health Minister Mark Butler outlined plans for sweeping cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, saying it was costing taxpayers far more than was first intended and its future was ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tough NDIS budget decision could prove the exception — or the template

As far as tough budget decisions go, we haven't seen anything on this scale since Joe Hockey's ill-fated 2014 effort. After yet another forecast cost blowout, the changes laid out by Mark Butler to ...

Three Shifts Redefining What Success Looks Like In Early Education

The operators who are winning are expanding their footprint while building schools that feel like a real part of the ...
Sydney Morning Herald

NDIS overhaul is the biggest government cut this century. It had better work

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Health Minister Mark Butler will slash projected spending on the NDIS by $35 billion over the ...
The Australian Financial Review

States lukewarm on planned NDIS overhaul

The Albanese government will forge ahead with an overhaul of the NDIS in a bid to save it from collapse, despite Queensland refusing point-blank to agree to changes that require the states to help ...
The Australian Financial Review

NDIS to save $15b a year by end of decade, shed 160k participants

All 760,000 National Disability Insurance Scheme participants will be screened against new eligibility criteria as part of a sweeping overhaul designed to reduce numbers by 2030, deliver a net budget ...
Yahoo News Australia

No evidence in 90pc of NDIS claims: Minister

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The NDIS was introduced in 2013 by the Gillard Labor government. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short Health Minister Mark Butler has ...