The Latest Breaking News from Disability

Mining billionaire says businesses have no excuse to stop burning fossil fuels; disability advocates concerned claimants could miss out

The long-awaited NDIS review has looked far beyond the National Disability Insurance Scheme, taking a bird’s eye view of disability services in Australia. Critical to the future of the NDIS are services for people with disability outside of the scheme.

Review calls for total rethink of how governments offer disability support. Here is everything you need to know

Findings from an extensive review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been released with ideas on how to transform it. Led by co-chairs Bruce Bonyhady and Lisa Paul, the review heard from around 10,000 people before making 26 recommendations with 139 supporting actions. Presenting their findings, co-chairs wrote:

Following the release of a review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, peak bodies say people living with a disability must be at the reform table.

Listening to discussions about us as ‘burdens’ and ‘costs’ has been infuriating and wearying

Once considered world-leading, the effectiveness of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been questioned as its cost continues to surge.

The Albanese government has promised extra funding for health and to extend its top-up of the GST, in exchange for the states undertaking more of the heavy lifting on disability to help curb the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s cost blowout.

National Cabinet meets today to discuss three big issues in Commonwealth-state financial relations: GST allocation, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding, and a Commonwealth government proposal to kick-start negotiations on a new National Health Reform Agreement, to take effect in July 2025.