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NDIS participants critical of Quality and Safeguards Commission response to complaints
NDIS participants say serious reports of abuse, neglect and fraud are languishing for months, as data released by…
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #investigation #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndis
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/907812/
NDIS participants critical of Quality and Safeguards Commission response to complaints
NDIS participants say serious reports of abuse, neglect and fraud are languishing for months, as data released by…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #investigation #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndis
https://www.europesays.com/australia/107406/
Queensland lashed over Thriving Kids holdout, days out from launch
Tell us about your experience. A frustrated federal Health Minister Mark Butler has denounced the Queensland government over…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #backontrack #communitysupports #foundationalsupports #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndis #ndisbill #teens #thrivingkids
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103382/
NDIS slashes Brisbane woman’s physical therapy hours against expert advice
April Coulson went to bed one night as an active, independent teenager and woke up unable to move…
#Australia #Brisbane #Albanesegovernment #AprilCoulson #Aruma #disabilities #MartinLaverty #nationaldisabilityinsuranceagency #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #ndis #paralysed #peoplewithdisability #physicaltherapy #supportworkers #wheelchair
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94655/
NDIS data may have ended up in Palantir’s analytics platform as part of efforts to curb fraud
By Josh Taylor Technology reporter
Exclusive: The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, which has access to NDIA data, used Palantir as part of a multi-agency fraud taskforce
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Technology #Palantir #Disability #Surveillance #Australianews #TheGuardian #JoshTaylorTechnologyreporter
NDIS data may have ended up in Palantir’s analytics platform as part of efforts to curb fraud https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/ndis-data-may-have-ended-up-in-palantirs-analytics-platform-as-part-of-efforts-to-curb #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Technology #Palantir #Disability #Surveillance #AustraliaNews
A new scheme is about to replace the NDIS for children with autism. Why has Queensland refused to sign up?
By Andrew Messenger
State’s premier and many parents have questions about the Thriving Kids program. But what happens when the NDIS funding stops?
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #Health #Children #Queensland #Queenslandpolitics #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
Bryn is 16 and has never eaten a meal. His mother’s terrified the newly-cut NDIS won’t ‘step up to keep him alive’
By Cait Kelly
Sweeping changes, condemned by disability advocates, mean some scheme participants’ funding will be reduced by 99%
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #Health #Disability #MarkButler #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #CaitKelly
The NDIS is undergoing a major overhaul. This is what the changes could mean for you
By Sarah Basford Canales
Some participants could lose 50% of their budget for paying carers to accompany them to job or social programs
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales
Australia politics live: NDIS reforms to pass parliament today after 63 amendments get Coalition on side
By Martin Farrer
Bill passed Senate on Wednesday evening and is due back in lower house today. Follow today’s news live
#Australianews #Australianpolitics #Health #Australianeconomy #Business #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianeducation #Australianimmigrationandasylum #Australianforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #MartinFarrer
Australia politics live: NDIS reforms to pass parliament today after 63 amendments get Coalition on side https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/19/australia-politcs-live-ndis-reform-coalition-labor-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-mark-butler-david-pocock-question-time-tax-superannuation-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Health #AustralianEconomy #Business #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #...
https://www.europesays.com/africa/384492/ Nigerian Foluso Omole arrested while fleeing Australia, charged over $5 million fraud #AdelaideAirport #FolusoOmole #lawyer #MarkTwiggs #NationalDisabilityInsuranceAgency #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme(NDIS)Fraud #Nigeria
Federal government to pass its NDIS overhaul to deliver ‘strong, safe and sustainable’ scheme
The federal government will pass reforms that it says will save the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) “from…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #jennymcallister #jordonsteele-john #markbutler #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #ndis
https://www.europesays.com/australia/74816/
Controversial NDIS bill undergoes ‘substantial’ amendments as Labor and Coalition strike deal https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/18/controversial-ndis-bill-undergoes-substantial-amendments-as-labor-and-coalition-strike-deal #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustraliaNews #DavidPocock #LaborParty
Controversial NDIS bill undergoes ‘substantial’ amendments as Labor and Coalition strike deal
By Sarah Basford Canales
David Pocock says legislation still includes ‘indiscriminate cut’ impacting hundreds of thousands of participants
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #DavidPocock #Laborparty #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales
Angus Taylor links support for NDIS reform to removal of ‘widow tax’ loophole https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/17/angus-taylor-links-support-for-ndis-reform-to-removal-of-widow-tax-loophole #AustralianPolitics #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AngusTaylor #AustraliaNews
Angus Taylor links support for NDIS reform to removal of ‘widow tax’ loophole
By Sarah Basford Canales
Coalition leader tells Antony Albanese that delaying repeal of ‘cruel’ measure is ‘unconscionable’
#Australianpolitics #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #AngusTaylor #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales
Alleged NDIS fraud plot accused refused bail after airport arrest with one-way ticket to Nigeria
A dual citizen charged over his alleged involvement in a $5 million National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) fraud…
#Australia #Adelaide #$5million #AdelaideAirport #AdelaideMagistratesCourt #afp #arrest #bail #flightrisk #FolusoOmole #fraud #MarkTwiggs #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndis #one-wayticket #PatrickHill #police
https://www.europesays.com/australia/73834/
Jordon Steele-John calls NDIS cuts 'out of line with Australian values' – video
By Guardian Staff
The Greens senator makes an impassioned plea for the government and Coalition not to go ahead with the legislation and says the cuts are 'unnecessary'. Jordon Steele-John accuses the government of preferring to back the gas exporters instead of the disability community
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #AustralianGreens #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Fraud officials charge another over alleged $5 million NDIS dishonesty plot
A 38-year-old Adelaide man has been charged over an alleged $5 million dishonesty plot against the National Disability…
#Australia #Adelaide #AdelaideMagistratesCourt #afp #AustralianFederalPolice #fraud #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #NDIAfraud
https://www.europesays.com/australia/72488/
Pocock and crossbenchers call Labor’s NDIS overhaul ‘too far, too fast’ in scathing Senate inquiry report
By Sarah Basford Canales and Krishani Dhanji
Greens say Labor’s reform set to ‘rip life-changing supports away from disabled people instead of raising additional revenue through taxing gas exports’
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #MarkButler #DavidPocock #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales #KrishaniDhanji
Heart, smarts and pragmatism: why health minister Mark Butler is suddenly a contender as a future PM
By Tom McIlroy and Krishani Dhanji
Cabinet colleagues say the veteran politician’s carriage of the NDIS firestorm shows his political judgement and collaborative style
#MarkButler #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #Australianews #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Health #TheGuardian #TomMcIlroy #KrishaniDhanji
Pocock and crossbenchers call Labor’s NDIS overhaul ‘too far, too fast’ in scathing Senate inquiry report https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/14/pocock-and-crossbenchers-call-labors-ndis-overhaul-too-far-too-fast-in-scathing-senate-inquiry-report #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustraliaNews #MarkButler #DavidPocock
Australia politics live: Coalition promises to simplify construction code to help speed up housing builds
By Krishani Dhanji
Policy comes as debate continues over causes of and solutions to housing issues. Follow today’s news live
#Australianpolitics #Australianews #AnthonyAlbanese #AngusTaylor #Laborparty #Coalition #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Gambling #Australianeconomy #Housing #Australianforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #KrishaniDhanji
Australia politics live: parliament returns as Labor seeks deals on NDIS, gambling ads and news bargaining reforms
By Krishani Dhanji
Labor looks to negotiate with the Coalition to get several pieces of legislation through parliament. Follow today’s news live
#Australianpolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #AngusTaylor #Australianews #Laborparty #Coalition #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Gambling #Australianmedia #Australianeconomy #ReserveBankofAustralia #Interestrates #TheGuardian #KrishaniDhanji
Australia politics live: parliament returns as Labor seeks deals on NDIS, gambling ads and news bargaining reforms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/11/australia-politics-live-rba-interest-rates-question-time-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-one-nation-pauline-hanson-ndis-gambling-ads-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #AngusTaylor #AustraliaNews #LaborParty #Coalition #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Gambling #AustralianMedia #Australi...
4,000 NDIS service providers profiting from incorrect billing practices
A National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) service provider was allowed to pocket more than $1 million by incorrectly…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #fraud #integrity #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndis #nonecompliance
https://www.europesays.com/australia/62791/
Original architect of NDIS says scheme is ‘failing’ to protect people it was created to help
Lucy Muggeridge could have been a poster child for the original National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The 31-year-old,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #care #disability #disabilityrights #disabilitysupport #lucymuggeridge #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #ndis #services #Support #supportwork
https://www.europesays.com/australia/51299/
Almost 145,000 Australians will lose support for autism under NDIS reforms, documents reveal https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/16/ndis-reforms-autism-almost-145000-australians-will-lose-support #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Autism #Disability #Health
Almost 145,000 Australians will lose support for autism under NDIS reforms, documents reveal
By Sarah Basford Canales
Internal estimates show 144,600 people will be taken off the scheme by 2030, many of them under 18
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Autism #Disability #Health #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales
Designer featured on Gardening Australia given temporary NDIS relief after funding stripped https://www.allforgardening.com/1850295/designer-featured-on-gardening-australia-given-temporary-ndis-relief-after-funding-stripped/ #backflip #garden #gardening #GardeningAustralia #JoshRuff #JoshuaRuff #lavendar #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #NDIA #ndis
1 July changes: minimum wage rises, Centrelink indexation, payday super, parental leave and everything else coming for the 2026–27 financial year
By Ima Caldwell
New financial year will also see a tax cut, more anti-price-gouging measures and SMS sender ID changes designed to protect against scam texts
#Australianeconomy #Superannuation #Wagesgrowth #Tax #Supermarkets #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Welfare #MedicareAustralia #Energy #Housing #Australianews #ImaCaldwell
1 July changes: minimum wage rises, Centrelink indexation, payday super, parental leave and everything else coming for the 2026–27 financial year
By Ima Caldwell
New financial year will also see a tax cut, more anti-price-gouging measures and SMS sender ID changes designed to protect against scam texts
#Australianeconomy #Superannuation #Wagesgrowth #Tax #Supermarkets #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Welfare #MedicareAustralia #Energy #Housing #Australianews #ImaCaldwell
Australia’s best photos of the month – June 2026
By Guardian Staff
Politics, World Cup fans and nudie swims are all part of June’s best images captured from across the country
#Photography #Australianews #Australianrulesfootball #Australianart #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Marinelife #RuralandregionalAustralia #Wildlife #Birds #GuardianStaff
Designer featured on Gardening Australia stripped of NDIS support funding
A Central Victorian man says the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has robbed him of dignity and is…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #DuchenneMuscularDystrophy #garden #gardeningaustralia #joshuaruff #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #wheelchair
https://www.europesays.com/australia/40371/
Designer featured on Gardening Australia stripped of NDIS support funding
A Central Victorian man says the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has robbed him of dignity and is…
#NewsBeep #News #Sports #AU #Australia #duchennemusculardystrophy #Garden #GardeningAustralia #joshuaruff #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #sports #Wheelchair
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/766710/
Designer featured on Gardening Australia stripped of NDIS support funding https://www.allforgardening.com/1846147/designer-featured-on-gardening-australia-stripped-of-ndis-support-funding/ #DuchenneMuscularDystrophy #garden #gardening #GardeningAustralia #JoshuaRuff #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #NDIA #wheelchair
Labor’s tax deal with the Greens is a crucial win – but its NDIS changes could pay the price https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/24/labors-tax-deal-with-the-greens-is-a-crucial-win-but-its-ndis-changes-could-pay-the-price #AnthonyAlbanese #MarkButler #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustralianPolitics #Health #AustraliaNews #AustralianGreens #LaborParty #Coalition
Labor reaches deal with the Greens to pass changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing reforms
By Dan Jervis-Bardy Chief political correspondent
Minor party says it has also negotiated an extension to the inquiry into controversial changes to the NDIS
#Australianpolitics #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #Australianbudget2026 #AustralianGreens #Tax #Laborparty #Coalition #Disability #DanJervisBardyChiefpoliticalcorrespondent
Labor reaches deal with the Greens to pass changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing reforms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/23/labor-greens-deal-capital-gains-tax-negative-gearing-reforms #AustralianPolitics #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustraliaNews #AustralianBudget2026 #AustralianGreens
Dane’s payout for historical sexual abuse meant the NDIS slashed his funding. He and his mum are fighting back
By Christopher Knaus
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 services
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Health #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Autism #Disability #ChristopherKnaus
The NDIS has given Joe vital social skills. Funding cuts leave his mother fearing how he will ‘do life’
By Sarah Basford Canales
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 scheme
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Health #Australianpolitics #MarkButler #Disability #Australianews #Downssyndrome #SarahBasfordCanales
Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS?
Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #anthonyalbanese #budget #jimchalmers #malcolmturnbull #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndis #ndisreform #paulinehanson #taxreform #TopNews #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/745616/
https://www.europesays.com/3072579/ Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS? #AnthonyAlbanese #australia #Budget #JimChalmers #MalcolmTurnbull #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #ndis #NdisReform #PaulineHanson #TaxReform
The NDIS spent a year fighting our request to give our quadriplegic kid a wheelchair. Talk about wasteful | Natasha Sholl https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/16/ndis-quadriplegic-child-wheelchair-labor-budget-cuts #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Disability #AustralianPolitics #ParentsAndParenting #Health #AustraliaNews
Butler warns Coalition against using NDIS cuts as ‘pawn in bigger game’ and says bill delays could cost billions https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/14/butler-warns-coalition-against-using-ndis-cuts-as-pawn-in-bigger-game-and-says-bill-delays-could-cost-billions #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #MarkButler #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Health
NDIS changes ‘retrogressive’ and out of step with review, MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/13/ndis-changes-retrogressive-and-out-of-step-with-review-mps-say #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics
States tell Albanese government that NDIS changes could mean people with disabilities are shifted into hospitals https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/11/ndis-disabilities-overhaul-hospital-australia #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #MarkButler #Health #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics
Government accused of misleading public on NDIS cuts in heated Senate hearing
The federal government has been accused of selling its cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Community #cuts #fraud #jennymcallister #JordonSteele-John #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #ndis #ndisbill #ndiscuts #senateestimates #TopNews #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/717495/
New NDIS eligibility rules will cut 240,000 participants from scheme in four years, documents reveal https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/28/ndis-document-reveals-241000-disability-participants-cut-in-four-years #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustralianPolitics #Disability #AustraliaNews
Australians with Down’s syndrome among those to suffer most from proposed NDIS cuts government analysis says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/20/australians-with-downs-syndrome-among-those-to-suffer-most-from-proposed-ndis-cuts-government-analysis-says #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustraliaNews #Disability #AustralianBudget2026 #MarkButler #Health #AustralianPolitics
NDIS cuts could leave some participants with a funding gap. How will the changes affect you? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/budget-ndis-cuts-funding-gap-changes-strict-criteria #Disability #AustralianPolitics #MarkButler #AustraliaNews #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #Welfare #Health #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustralianBudget2026
Angus Taylor’s plan to bar migrants from welfare payments undermines our quest for belonging | Shadi Khan Saif https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/angus-taylor-ndis-plan-citizens-only-bar-migrants-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Migration #Coalition #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AngusTaylor
The budget in seven graphs: no big surprises but this may be one of the most ambitious moves to fix Australia’s finances | Greg Jericho https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/grogonomics/2026/may/12/the-budget-in-seven-graphs-no-big-surprises-but-this-may-be-one-of-the-most-ambitious-moves-to-fix-australias-finances #AustraliaNews #AustralianBudget2026 #AustralianPolitics #Housing #FossilFuels #Gas #Environment #Welfare #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Tax
Huge cuts to national disability insurance scheme aim to save more than $36bn in budget’s largest single measure https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/12/australia-federal-budget-2026-ndis-savings-cuts-national-disability-insurance-scheme-support-jobs-changes #AustralianBudget2026 #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustralianPolitics #Disability #AustraliaNews
Budget 2026 Australia: Jim Chalmers announces capital gains tax and negative gearing reform for housing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/12/australia-federal-budget-2026-tax-capital-gains-negative-gearing-economy-housing-ndis-cost-of-living-oil-prices #AustralianBudget2026 #AustralianEconomy #AustraliaNews #LaborParty #JimChalmers #AustralianPolitics #Tax #CostoflivingCrisis #Welfare #PetrolPrices #Housing #Inequality #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme
The fuel crisis is about to whack Australia. Jim Chalmers’ budget must tread a fine line between panic and preparation | Peter Lewis https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/apr/29/budget-chalmers-fuel-crisis-fine-line #EssentialPoll #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianBudget2026 #AustralianEconomy #Housing #Energy #PetrolPrices #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme
The day of the baby boomers is finally done in Australian politics | Michelle Grattan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/24/federal-budget-housing-gas-tax-baby-boomers-australian-politics #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Tax #LaborParty #AustralianEconomy #Housing
Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending, Mark Butler concedes https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/23/mark-butler-ndis-cuts-defence-spending #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustraliaNews #MarkButler #Coalition #AustralianPolitics #Health
Mark Butler’s NDIS cuts will force people with disabilities like mine to withdraw from society | Clem Bastow https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/ndis-cuts-disability-australia-life-impact #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Disability #Autism #MarkButler #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #Health