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Morning mail: Labor ministry surprises, NDIA’s legal bill, hopes for bumper ski season

Wednesday: Anthony Albanese’s new frontbench, including a record number of women, to be sworn in. Plus: chefs share favourite warming winter soups

The Guardian - AU

Who's in the new Labor government cabinet? Who got what role on the frontbench?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position.

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NDIS agency to spend $50m on lawyers to fight people with disability who appealed funding cuts

Critics argue national disability insurance scheme participants are increasingly being pitted against solicitors from top firms

The Guardian - AU

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With a return to Labor government, it's time for an NDIS 'reset'

Labor’s election win sees a return of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to the control of the party that first passed legislation for it. Bill Shorten’s appointment as NDIS Minister makes him responsible for the scheme he championed and helped establish.

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Anthony Albanese vows to ‘keep it real’ as he seeks good rapport with crossbench

Prime minister says he will treat Peter Dutton with respect: ‘I never underestimate my opponents’

The Guardian - AU

What will the new Labor government do for rural and regional Australia?

With the Nationals now out of power, we examine the Albanese government’s promises and priorities for the bush

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne woman with cerebral palsy fights to stay in her home after NDIS funding cut

Samar Bain faces being forced into shared accommodation as agency says support package is not ‘value for money’

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ADHD diagnosis wait times are being blown out by the pandemic, experts say

Despite it affecting one in 10 Australians, experts say there aren't enough specialists who can diagnose ADHD — and the pandemic has made waiting lists even longer.

ABC News

Fashion and beauty innovators see opportunities for disability inclusion to cater for 'trillion-dollar' market

There is a growing movement in the fashion and beauty industry to develop products for and with people with disabilities, recognising a virtually untapped trillion-dollar customer market.

ABC News

Madonna King: We deserve more from our leaders than a tussle between two brands of timid

Whichever of our leaders takes the Treasury benches tomorrow night, they need to wake up on Sunday morning and abandon the small-target approach.

The New Daily

Funding delays keep NDIS participants in hospital months longer than necessary, report finds

Government data shows 1,140 participants are stuck in hospital waiting for housing funding or other support before they can be released

The Guardian - AU

Dobell and Robertson voters in NSW raise potholes often, federal candidates say

Federal candidates in two NSW Central Coast seats say the state of the roads is one of the most common topics voters are raising with them, but voters say more important issues will determine votes.

ABC News

NDIS participant says 'bureaucratic nightmare' created by agency is wasting taxpayer money

Richard Bradley says tax dollars are being wasted through the "inhumane" decisions that have led to a 400 per cent increase in cases going to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal over the past year.

ABC News

Both Labor and the Liberals are using secretive databases to help sway your vote

Both major Australian political parties have amassed data on every eligible voter, which they are using to build detailed profiles on constituents to influence their votes in tight electoral races.

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The Conversation

The 29,000 younger Australians living with dementia are getting lost between disability services and aged care

There are up to 29,000 people aged under 65 living with dementia in Australia. Our new research shows people with young onset dementia experience delays to diagnosis and a faster decline in their cognitive abilities than older people with the condition.

ABC News

Funding changes to NDIS behind closure of Activ worksites as families left 'devastated' by decision

Activ says National Disability Insurance Scheme funding changes are forcing it to shut seven WA worksites employing hundreds of people with disabilities, leaving families "devastated" by the closures.

ABC News

Plans for accessible childcare centre, housing and allied health clinic for Renmark revealed

The centre could help to fill service gaps as well as bring new workers to the region.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Buffalo mourns, hospital overcrowding, crazy moments in Australian politics

Monday: An 18-year-old white teenager opened fire at a supermarket in what US authorities have described as ‘racially motivated violent extremism’. Plus: a TV show so slow it must be trolling us

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NDIA appeals to Federal Court after being told to pay $1.5m to Nardy House for residents' care

Charity organisation Nardy House looks after some of the most vulnerable people on NSW's far south coast but families of residents are fighting the NDIA to pay the organisation $1.5 million in care costs.

The Guardian - AU

Just a year after a tribunal ruled in Jon’s favour his parents are again fighting NDIS cuts

‘So we’re sort of at the point of wondering if we’ll live long enough to keep this fight going’

ABC News

Charge of intimidating witness dropped against Integrity Care director Philip Greenland in connection with Ann Marie Smith's death

Police drop charges against a former director of NDIS provider Integrity Care for allegedly threatening a key witness in an investigation into the death of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith.

ABC News

Speech pathologist and OT demand soars with waitlists blowing out, job ads going unanswered

The number of speech pathologists and occupational therapists in Australia have soared in recent years, but they are still unable to keep up with growing demand from NDIS participants like toddler Jud.

The Guardian - AU

Australians with disabilities don’t care about gotcha moments. We need a PM willing to fix the NDIS

Disabled people are living in fear that the funding for our basic needs could be pulled from under us, but hardly anyone is talking about that

The Guardian - AU

NDIS minister downplays major increase in appeals since 2021 as ‘tiny fraction’ of participants

Linda Reynolds says over 90% of appeals are settled early but advocates claim some organisations are ‘overwhelmed’ by unprecedented demand

The Guardian - AU

‘It literally breaks you’: fight for denied NDIS support dominates 23-year-old’s final months

Disability funding rejections and appeal delays in the lead-up to Toby Tyne’s death compound grief for his family

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