Providers report a median operating loss of nearly 4% in the last financial year – with losses totalling about 12% over five years Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...

NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister has said the government has "secured a world-leading Support Needs Assessment tool which will be a key part of a new planning framework for NDIS participants". Source: ...

Registered providers make up just six per cent of the entire market because there is “no requirement” for all providers to be registered. The report said the Commission had implemented a range of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Autism rates have been rising around the world, with a sharp increase in prevalence in the last decade. Australia has been no exception.

Health Minister Mark Butler last week announced that, from mid-2027, children with mild to moderate autism and developmental delay would be moved off the National Disability Insurance Scheme as the ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says a five-year funding deal for hospitals is closely linked to state support for a new disability scheme proposed by the federal government. States said they were caught off ...

Children with mild developmental delays and autism will be moved off the NDIS in a major move set to curb the ballooning program’s costs. Instead children with mild to moderate conditions will be ...

Disability providers will open their books in exchange for $45m in grants as part of an NDIS costs review, but those in the sector say the probe is just a distraction from ongoing cuts and freezes.

My brother has spent the past two decades of his adult life in a Victorian public hospital locked ward, sidelined by a debilitating mental illness that completely changed the course of his life — and ...

There's been a shift in the public sentiment towards the NDIS in recent times. The scheme was introduced with bipartisan support in parliament a decade ago, and it has gone on to transform hundreds of ...

Since 2017, when the National Disability Insurance Scheme rolled out in my area of Victoria, it has been a lifeline. Living with schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type) and autism level 2 – diagnosed ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The federal budget will receive a $700 million boost off the back of lower-than-expected NDIS spending, but major cost pressures remain ...