Government urged to crack down on NDIS kickbacks and bad actors as fraud inquiry handed down

A Labor-led parliamentary inquiry into fraud in the NDIS has made 12 recommendations to improve the integrity of the scheme.

Australia: Senate committee whitewashes Labor’s assault on NDIS disability support

The interim report is a warning that Labor intends to ram through the NDIS legislation despite the widespread opposition ...

Government vows crackdown on sale of NDIS shell companies amid new registration rules

The federal government says it is moving to crack down on the growing trade in "off-the-shelf" NDIS providers.

The NDIS was built to help. So what happened?

It may take a fundamental redesign of the NDIS, not just action on participant numbers and top-down funding, to deliver on ...
Opinion

Tightening NDIS eligibility will disproportionately affect women – in more ways than you’d expect

Public hearings are underway this week to highlight the impacts of the government’s new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) bill to tighten eligibility and save costs. Over the past two days, ...

Disability advocates welcome extension after 'ridiculous and disrespectful' NDIS inquiry

Disability advocates welcome an extension to a Senate inquiry probing a bill paving the way for the biggest-ever cuts to the ...

We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government

Coalition also criticises swift timeline for proposed NDIS changes with Melissa McIntosh saying ‘we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end’ ...

Small NDIS providers and families on edge as registration 'cyclone' looms

Uncertainty and confusion are sweeping across the NDIS provider sector with mandatory registration for two categories of ...

‘Significant risk’: Disability ministers defy Butler’s NDIS overhaul

State and territory ministers say NDIS participants will be left in inappropriate settings under Mark Butler’s reforms.

NDIS might have paid $100 for my disabled sister’s mat. We paid $5

For all the talk of fraud and fakes, it’s everyday profiteering that threatens this vital scheme. People like my twin sister ...
The Conversation

Understanding the NDIS: many eligible people with disabilities are likely to miss out

On July 1 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) moved from a trial phase to a full national roll-out. In this series on Understanding the NDIS, we explore how the scheme works, why ...