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‘No choice, no control’: NDIS needs major, rapid change

A review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has made 26 recommendations, that will return balance to an inadequate and overstretched support ecosystem.

Right at Home ACT & Queanbeyan: Where community and compassion combine

In the heart of Canberra’s close-knit community, there’s a local family dedicated to redefining homecare. Meet Niesa and Josh, the friendly faces behind Right at Home ACT & Queanbeyan.

NDIS head promises to protect vulnerable amid cost cap

The chair of the agency heading the NDIS has vowed to keep vulnerable people at the heart of the disability program despite funding pressures on the scheme.

‘Don’t forget humanity’ underpinning NDIS

The disability discrimination commissioner says the government's insurance scheme helped give him a second chance at life.

NDIS in Canberra feature

Read on to find out how the advertisers in this special NDIS feature can assist people with disability and their carers in the ACT region.

To the editor: Let’s focus on making the NDIS work

This letter writer suggests Australians must focus our efforts on making the NDIS work, rather than flippantly dismissing it “unsustainable”.

Fit the Bill: Is the NDIS sustainable?

I see recent reports in the media that 15 to 20 per cent of the cost of the NDIS is due to major criminal gangs defrauding the scheme. 

NDIS fraudsters ‘despicable’: Bill Shorten

New NDIS minister Bill Shorten has labelled crime gangs that are defrauding the scheme of millions of dollars as "despicable".

Opinion: Albanese’s NDIS interview backlash detracts from real issue

As news that Anthony Albanese failed to recall NDIS policy details dominates the headlines, I can’t help but feel frustration that the focus is on ‘memorisation’ over ‘implementation’.

Time to put people with disability at the centre of the NDIS

Last week, I was proud Bill Shorten launched Labor’s plan to fix the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Bill Shorten visits ACT to spruik Labor’s NDIS reforms

Labor has promised to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and Bill Shorten MP was in the ACT yesterday to push that message.

NDIS needs better working conditions, parliamentary report finds

The Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme published its NDIS Workforce Final Report this week.

COVID-19 causes disability staffing shortages

The Omicron COVID-19 variant gripping Australia has caused chronic staffing shortages in the disability sector, union officials have warned.

ACT Government wants to make a better Canberra for people with disabilities

The ACT Government is planning a new 10-year whole-of-government plan for people with disability to make Canberra fairer and more inclusive

Federal disability strategy welcome, but NDIS concerns remain

The ACT is excited by the Federal Government's 10-year ‘landmark’ disability strategy, but objects to proposed NDIS reforms.

NDIS ‘thin on the ground’ in remote Australia

NDIS services are "thin on the ground" in remote Australia and First Nations people continue to experience disability at much higher rates.

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