Minister foreshadows big changes to aged care training
Workforce Minister Stuart Robert has foreshadowed significant changes to the way people are trained to work in aged care as...
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Report shows growth in NDIS provider market
The NDIS market is growing, with a 12 per cent increase in registered providers over the last year. Stuart Robert...
National NDIS worker screening now in place
NDIS providers can expect a reduction in their administration burden with the launch of a new national NDIS Worker Screening...
$10.6m in budget to get young people out of aged care
Next week’s budget will include $10.6 million for a national network of system co-ordinators to help keep younger people with...
NDIS service guarantee delayed for a year
An NDIS service guarantee promised by the federal government last November to make the scheme better for participants has been...
National geographic rollout of NDIS complete
Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands have joined the NDIS, marking the end of the national geographical roll-out of the...
NDIS providers must pay back COVID cash advance
The government is rolling back loadings on NDIS supports and will ask disability providers to pay back advance payments as...
NDIS watchdog to get more teeth
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner will get new beefed-up powers to ban unsuitable providers and workers from the NDIS....
COVID-19 supports announced for NDIS providers
NDIS providers will get assistance to retain workers as part of a suite of supports announced by the federal government...
Disability sector fears being left out of COVID19 response
There are concerns the disability sector is being left behind in the national coronavirus response. Disability was absent from Prime...
NDIS has been a bumpy road, review finds
An independent review of the NDIS has found inordinately long waiting times, complex processes and a failure to grasp the...
New temporary housing option for young people in aged care
Young people with disability who are at risk of being transferred to an aged care facility or who want to...