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National Disability Insurance Scheme has never been a gravy train

National Disability Insurance Scheme has never been a gravy train

Australians with Down syndrome among those to suffer most from proposed NDIS cuts to social activities

‘It’s heartless to cut supports we need to leave the house, work and study at a time when the cost of living has dramatically increased’, advocate saysFollow our Australia news liv...

Almost 145,000 Australians will lose support for autism under NDIS reforms, documents reveal

Internal estimates show 144,600 people will be taken off the scheme by 2030, many of them under 18Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 145,000 Australi...

New NDIS eligibility rules will cut 240,000 participants from scheme in four years, documents reveal

Modelling predicts 241,000 people on the scheme before January 2028 won’t be receiving supports by mid-2031Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 240,...

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’Follow our Australia n...

The NDIS has given Joe vital social skills. Funding cuts leave his mother fearing how he will ‘do life’

The 22-year-old, who has Down’s syndrome, relies on social and community programs – half of which are set to be axed from the disability insurance schemeGet our breaking news email...

NDIS changes ‘retrogressive’ and out of step with review, MPs say

Report by Labor-led joint human rights committee says cuts to the $50bn scheme could limit support for those in needGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSweep...

Dane’s payout for historical sexual abuse meant the NDIS slashed his funding. He and his mum are fighting back

Dane Waites lives with profound autism, a severe intellectual disability and bipolar disorder. His support plan was cut and he can no long afford key servicesFollow our Australia n...

Labor’s planned NDIS overhaul is ‘blunt and inequitable’, thinktank says

Proposed funding cuts ‘underpinned by dubious policy logic’, Grattan Institute says in scathing critiqueGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor’s plans to...

The NDIS spent a year fighting our request to give our quadriplegic kid a wheelchair. Talk about wasteful | Natasha Shol...

What’s frustrating about Labor’s budget cuts is that they imply disabled people are to blame for cost blowoutsWhen our son was 11 I was looking to restore order in his wardrobe. I...

NDIS overhaul will ‘harm’ Australians with disabilities, government’s own committee warns

Reform advisory committee also says changes will undermine scheme’s original intentions and give unprecedented power to the health ministerGet our breaking news email, free app or...

Create NSW / Screen NSW: Createability Internship Program 2026 intake

Five creative practitioners with disability or who are d/Deaf receive paid internships at screen organisations.

All three and four-year-olds to be screened for autism under Victoria’s NDIS alternative

The state government has unveiled its Thriving Kids model, for children with autism and developmental delays who are no longer supported by the NDIS.

Labor’s NDIS overhaul will leave participants more ‘isolated’ and ‘segregated’, former royal commissioner warns

Exclusive: Warning comes as Albanese government’s own NDIS reform advisers issue ‘brutal’ assessment of proposed cuts to the schemeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily ne...

Disability advocates call for drastic changes to support services bill

The bill follows a Supreme Court ruling that two carers of adult children with disabilies were employees of the government, and therefore entitled to the same legal protections and...

Inter-agency task force to unveil recommendations by end-2026 to support people with disabilities

Employment and job retention remain key priorities for people with disabilities and the task force will review how more support can be given.

Inclusion in Finance: Designing for disability is a leadership imperative for financial services

Disability is entering a new phase in the UK, one that moves beyond inclusion as an initiative and towards system design as a leadership priority.

Disability Support Services Bill 'worst piece of legislation I've ever seen' - advocate

The government introduced the Disability Support Services Bill on Monday, aimed at "providing clarity and stability" to the system supporting disabled New Zealanders.

Disability Umbrella Bodies Push for Greater Inclusion in 2027 National Budget

By Lloyd Mangoh THE National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped (NASCOH) and the Federation of Organisations of Disabled Persons in Zimbabwe (FODPZ) have call...

The raft of recent disability support changes, explained

From housing targets and transport cuts to barring family carers from claiming Crown employment status, there’s been a number of changes to disability support recently – many of th...

Consultation on residential services for disabled people

A six-week public consultation has been launched by the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding its updated National Standards for Residential Services for Disabled Peop...

Support advocates call for drastic changes

Minister for Disability Issues Louise Upston. Photo: Mark Papalii / RNZ By Kate Green of RNZ As the submission deadline nears for the Disability Support Services (DSS) Bill...

New disability bill a ‘cruel’ override of rights, carers say

Labor’s tax overhaul to pass with Greens’ support – and NDIS delays

The crossbench party agreed to vote for the budget tax package in exchange for extending an inquiry into the government’s NDIS overhaul by two months.