Premium Insights and analysis Labor’s NDIS ambitions aim to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative Community & Social Bill Shorten reassures NDIS providers and participants the government wants to invest and improve the scheme rather than ‘slash and burn’ it.
Shorten: ‘Early resolution’ curbs number of appealed NDIS cases March 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The NDIS agency now works with appellants early on in their claim, sparing the swelling out of caseloads and leading to fairer outcomes.
A disabled NDIA chair is a great first move in the NDIS reset. Here’s what should happen next September 29, 2022 By Helen Dickinson and Raelene West Editors' Picks Will the new NDIA appointments go far enough in resetting the scheme and restore it to its original aspirations?
First person living with a disability becomes NDIA chair September 26, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Federal Former Paralympian Kurt Fearnley has been named chair of the National Disability Insurance Agency.
APS employment of people with disability below target, royal commission hears November 23, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal The APS is yet to meet a target of 7% of its workforce being people with disability but it is performing better than the private sector.
Wanted: disability commissioner, under big freedom umbrella March 23, 2016 By Harley Dennett News A job advertisement published by the federal Attorney-General invites more questions than answers, reigniting the debate about the need for a dedicated disability discrimination commissioner.
