NDIS eligibility criteria isn’t tightening until January 2028, and no one is being moved off the scheme yet. So what’s actually changing?
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Schools and families shouldn’t just be expected to absorb more responsibility. This is a chance for a radical rethink.
A technical advisory group is working out the fine print. Here’s what it needs to keep in mind.
Parents are worried they’re about to lose a system that works and are wondering what will actually be there when their child needs help.
The government wants to cut $37.8 billion from the NDIS over 4 years. Much of this will come from tightening access to the scheme and reducing participants’ plans.
Symptoms and impacts may fluctuate and it can be difficult to show you’ve tried other treatments.
Reform needs to be careful. Simply shutting down existing workplaces could leave some disabled workers worse off.
The government wants to make these short-term cuts to shore up the budget bottom line. But there’s a fairer way to repair the NDIS.
The way the NDIS was designed and rolled out left important gaps in preventing fraud. A new parliamentary report outlines some fixes – but even more can be done.
The NDIS minister joined the podcast to discuss the government’s reforms – and what the changes mean for 160,000 Australians.
The government had little choice but to agree to the extension, which will take several hundred million off its projected savings.
The Albanese government finds itself in policy quicksand on three core issues as the sitting fortnight looms.
As part of the Thriving Kids program, Victoria plans to screen three- and four-year olds for developmental delay before they get to kinder and school.
Women are already less likely to access the NDIS for their disabilities than men and more likely to be carers.
A lot has to go right for the $37.8 billion in NDIS savings to be delivered without leaving disabled people to fall through the cracks.
The government has introduced legislation that tightens key definitions and make it harder for participants to access the scheme.
Few diagnoses have broadened their diagnostic boundaries as much or as quickly as autism. This has affected those with the most profound disability.
Willy willies, those small tornado-like dust storms often seen in the outback, will pop up all over the political landscape in the next week. Watch out for spin.
The government acknowledges the current market-based model isn’t working. So what changes are ahead for disability accommodation?
The government plans to cut the number of NDIS users by 160,000 over the next four years. Here’s what we know about how they’ll do that and who’ll be affected.
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor, Summer Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University
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Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Politics, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer of Wellbeing Science, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer Economics, Deakin University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University