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New NDIS eligibility tool will be ‘relatively blind’ to diagnoses
Health and Disability Minister Mark Butler says a person’s diagnosis will play almost no part in determining whether they qualify for access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Source: SMH.
Reforms spark fears over new definition of ‘permanent’ disability
Labor faces backlash over how it will define “permanent” disability and “functionality”, with warnings it will be “impossible” for one eligibility tool to be rolled out across more than 100 disability types. Source: The Australian.
Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending
Health and NDIS Minister Mark Butler has defended the Albanese Government’s decision to trim the National Disability Insurance Scheme just days after announcing $53 billion in new defence spending. Source: The Guardian.
NDIS cuts a cause for concern: Catholic Social Services
Catholic Social Services Australia has expressed concern following the reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme announced by Health and NDIS Minister Mark Butler yesterday.
Butler to unveil system overhaul in pre-budget speech
Health Minister Mark Butler will unveil fixes to the country’s aged care system alongside his overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in his pre-budget speech on two of the Government’s fastest-growing cost pressures. Source: The Age.
Chalmers warns ‘unaffordable’ scheme faces major changes
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the National Disability Insurance Scheme is not affordable in its current form, laying the groundwork for major changes to the $50 billion program to become the central savings plank of next month’s budget. Source: The Age.
Coalition backs NDIS crackdown as Butler prepares to reveal savings plan
Health and Disability Minister Mark Butler will use a keynote speech next week to reveal Labor’s plans for slowing down growth in the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme, as the Coalition lends its support to cracking down on unregistered providers in the program. Source: The Age.
Accessible Mass a reminder that every person has a place in Church
An Accessible Mass has been introduced at a New South Wales Central Coast church to welcome people of all abilities, including individuals and families living with disability, neurodiversity or additional needs.
Advocates warn cuts to disability scheme must not affect care
Disability advocates are pleading with the federal government not to cut critical services in its May budget as some Labor MPs call for a wholesale redesign of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Source: AAP/Canberra Times.