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'Heartbreaking': Davidson hits out at NDIS spending caps

Minister says people with disability won't get their needs met.

The Canberra Times

‘Some fraud in the system’: PM pledges to maintain ‘sustainable’ NDIS

An efficient NDIS can provide support to those who need it under a government plan to restrict budget growth, the Prime Minister says.

The New Daily

Budget billions promised to reform Medicare, rental markets and rein in NDIS

Health and housing main national cabinet priorities this year.

The Canberra Times

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Health and housing measures announced ahead of budget, and NDIS costs in first ministers' sights

The May 9 budget will include a $2.2 billion suite of measures to seek to ease pressures in primary health care and hospitals, as well as containing initiatives directed towards the crisis in the rental market.

The Conversation

Disability advocates in shock over Labor announcement of NDIS 'growth target'

Disability advocates have reacted furiously to the government's move to rein in spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, after it unveiled a plan that could save the budget $50 billion over the next decade.

ABC News

Watch: National Cabinet meeting, Cruise death identified, Home loan rate cuts

Watch: Health, housing and the NDIS have been at the top of the agenda at today's National Cabinet meeting. The Australian man who fell from the Royal

The New Daily

PM unveils $2bn federal budget boost for healthcare

Anthony Albanese has announced a $2.2 billion healthcare package to support workers, boost nurse numbers and improved after-hours care.

The New Daily

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Analysis outlines pathway to a balanced budget

Returning the federal budget to balance in less than a decade is possible, according to PwC modelling, but will take dogged commitment to budget repair.

The New Daily

Children born in Australia to New Zealand parents to automatically become Australian citizens

Under the recently-announced changes to citizenship laws for New Zealanders, children born to Kiwi parents who hold a Special Category visa and are permanent residents, will automatically become citizens of Australia.

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Grattan on Friday: The government invited ambit claims for the budget and now it will be judged against them

Budgets are for stakeholders and interest groups like Christmas is for kids. They’re preceded by a multitude of letters to “Santa”, aka the treasurer, in the run-up.

The Conversation

National Disability Insurance Agency suspends automated payments to business of advocate Kelvin Steinhardt

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.

ABC News

The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten yesterday announced a “reboot” of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme and six major areas of reform. Getting the NDIS back on track, Shorten said, will require reform across all disability services.

The Conversation

Indigenous face double NDIS disadvantage, network says

Reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme must include a focus on helping Indigenous Australians, an advocacy group says.

AAP

Shorten reboot to put NDIS back ‘on the right track’

Major reforms of the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been outlined by Bill Shorten to address spiralling costs.

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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.

The New Daily

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 Guardian - AU

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

AAP

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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The Guardian - AU

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

ABC News

NDIS clients claim a disability advocate charged their plans for non-existent services

Jane Hellyer says a disability advocate she trusted charged her children's NDIS plans for services they never received as a private investigator raises the alarm.

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 New Daily

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.

ABC News

Anwen Handmer bought this house two years ago but can't afford mortgage repayments, modifications

Anwen Handmer has worked hard to renovate her Bunbury home. But with interest rates rising, she says it's too expensive to live there.

ABC News

Parents turn to equine therapy for children with autism, ADHD as disability services wait times blow out

Equine therapy is covered under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and is increasingly being used by parents in WA's Goldfields to help children with a range of mental health and behavioural conditions.

The New Daily

Calls for apology over ‘nasty, vile’ Hanson video

Advocates from the disabled community say a One Nation video is "insensitive cruelty" and have called for an apology.

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