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NDIS 'reboot' will include more staff, cost crackdown, longer-term plans and shonky services purge, Shorten says

Saying the national disability insurance scheme has "lost its way", NDIS Minister Bill Shorten outlines a reset that would purge fraudsters, offer longer-term supports, boost staffing and address rising costs that threaten to make the scheme unsustainable.

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Shorten pledges to eliminate ‘predatory’ NDIS providers

Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme is here for the long-term, but the minister in charge says serious reform is essential to ensure it meets

The New Daily

Morning Mail: Major ‘reboot’ for NDIS, voice opposition hardens, Europe air fares soar

Bill Shorten to announce major shakeup of the welfare scheme that he helped devise; Essential poll shows slight change in referendum intentions

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Shorten pledges to eliminate 'predatory' NDIS providers

Bill Shorten will provide a 'state of the union' address on the National Disability Insurance Scheme and argue for a reboot to disability services and support.

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Labor to target ‘unethical practices’ and ‘shoddy therapies’ in expanded NDIS crackdown

Bill Shorten wants to stop participants being treated like ‘cash cows’ as he reveals taskforce had 1,700 tipoffs in a month

The Guardian - AU

From stage-three tax cuts to welfare relief: what’s on Australia’s 2023 budget wishlist?

Jim Chalmers is under pressure to deliver for those doing it tough – but inflation and national debt pose serious obstacles

The Guardian - AU

Use of debt collectors cut for social welfare payments

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says the government will no longer outsource debt collection for welfare payments following the robodebt debacle.

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'Inhumane' debt collection of welfare overpayments ends

The federal government will no longer use third-party debt collection agencies for welfare overpayments following lessons learned from the robodebt debacle.

AAP

Albanese government axing external debt collectors in bid to prevent another robodebt

Welfare debt reform means citizens are no longer ‘guilty until proven innocent’, says government services minister Bill Shorten

The Guardian - AU

NDIS mark-ups for people with a disability as bad as wedding price gouging, insiders say

It's been coined the "disability tax" where some NDIS participants are being charged double or even triple the price of services compared to those not on the scheme, for the exact same treatment or product.

ABC News

View from The Hill: Dutton saddles up for Aston race amid Victorian Liberal infighting

Byelections for leaders are rather like steeplechases for horses: there is always the risk of serious injury.

The Conversation

Contracts recommended for further investigation

Contracts worth $374 million have been found to be poor value for money and lacked appropriate record keeping, an investigation has revealed.

AAP

Bill Shorten calls for more answers after review finds government contracts failed to meet standards

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten calls for further investigation into several government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars over potential conflicts of interest.

ABC News

Paul Bongiorno: The robodebt royal commission is our most important in a long while

It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.

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Bill Shorten dubs Stuart Robert's defence of Robodebt handling as 'peak bizarre'

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has criticised former Coalition minister Stuart Robert after he admitted holding deep doubts about the robodebt scheme while publicly endorsing it.

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Robert accused of ‘misleading Australian public’ over robodebt

Bill Shorten has accused Morrison govt minister Stuart Robert of misleading the Australian public after his evidence to the robodebt inquiry.

The Guardian - AU

‘We have to fight’: the over-65s challenging NDIS age exclusions

Exclusive: Plaintiffs in class action speak out against rules barring them from scheme based on age and area they lived

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NDIS costs blow out by half a billion since budget

A Senate hearing has been told the NDIS will cost $500m more than projections put forward at the October budget this financial year.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Lovers and myGov-ers’: the best and worst Valentine’s Day PR stunts

Roses are red, violets are blue, if you’re cashing in on the love, the joke may be on you

AAP

'Nothing untoward' in RBA head meeting bankers: Shorten

Cabinet minister Bill Shorten has defended Philip Lowe's decision to give a private briefing to bankers about interest rate rises.

The Conversation

Alan Tudge quits parliament, prompting byelection test for Peter Dutton

Former Coalition minister Alan Tudge has announced he will quit parliament, creating a byelection in the Melbourne seat of Aston.

AAP

Blunt message after alleged $3.3m NDIS fraud

People thinking of defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been put on notice with the government keen on a "clean up" following allegations.

The Guardian - AU

MyGov app facing overhaul to centralise online identification

Audit review of government tool housing Medicare and Centrelink services recommends significant changes

ABC News

Drivers licences, births and deaths and the census could feature in myGov expansion

The federal government flags significant changes to its myGov platform, recognising the service is now "critical national infrastructure" like roads, hospitals or the power grid.

AAP

Digital wallet for government services on the cards

An audit into the myGov app, which houses services like Medicare and Centrelink, has recommended making it a one-stop digital wallet for identification.

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