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Senior counsel assisting told royal commission one brother’s 12-month plan was worth $102,000, but only $361 was spent

As talks about how to make the NDIS more sustainable ramp up again, people with disability say a good place to start would be with the costly and "exhausting" red tape.

The federal government and National Cabinet has committed to rebooting and fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with disabilities. It plans to invest more in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), which administers the scheme, and drive change to support participants better.

The federal government is trying to contain the exploding cost of the landmark National Disability Insurance Scheme – especially difficult given the fears of vulnerable people who rely on it.

The National Disability Insurance Agency says it is suspending automated payments to a business associated with an advocate alleged by former clients and service providers to have submitted invoices for services that were never delivered.

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.

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

When Luke Oxley was diagnosed with epilepsy as a child he enjoyed the chance to be different from his brother. But the novelty wore off when he realised his world was rapidly shrinking.

The Migrant Resource Centre has been helping Tasmania's newest arrivals for 40 years, but its work is rapidly evolving. Helping migrants living with a disability through the NDIS is becoming a large part of what the organisation does.

Australia is lagging behind other countries when it comes to employing people with disability.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to be a market-based system that would shift power from government and providers to consumers.