Maggie Coggan, Friday, 8th February 2019 - Reforms to improve Specialist Disability Accommodation services have been welcomed by disability groups, who say it will allow people with disability more choice and control over…
Luke Michael, Monday, 21st January 2019 - The National Disability Insurance Scheme has reached a milestone with more than 250,000 people now accessing the scheme, including almost 80,000 people receiving support for the…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 10th January 2019 - The National Disability Insurance Scheme is now available across all of Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania, with the final roll out in these states commencing.The NDIS roll out into…
Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 9th January 2019 - The community sector has welcomed Labor’s proposed changes to unemployment services, saying an update to a broken system is long overdue, but the Coalition government has argued…
Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 20th December 2018 - A campaign to reverse the federal government’s reduction to the suspension time of the Disability Support Pension for people in prison has been successful, keeping it at two years…
Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 18th December 2018 - The community sector is celebrating Labor’s election commitment of 250,000 affordable rental properties over ten years, labelling it a game changer for vulnerable Australians…
Luke Michael, Friday, 14th December 2018 - The federal government is extending the controversial cashless welfare card trial by 12 months and considering a fifth site, despite continuing criticism about the card’s effectiveness.…
Luke Michael, Tuesday, 11th December 2018 - Tasmania has secured long-term funding certainty for the National Disability Insurance Scheme after signing a five-year deal with the federal government.Social Services Minister…
Maggie Coggan, Monday, 10th December 2018 - A pricing-arrangement shake up for National Disability Insurance Scheme service providers working with people with complex needs has been met with caution by some providers who…
Luke Michael, Friday, 7th December 2018 - Both major parties in South Australia have agreed Newstart is “far too low” and are calling on the federal government to urgently increase the payment. An interim report from…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 22nd November 2018 - The federal government is offering $10 million in grants to disability service providers with innovative ideas to grow the National Disability Insurance Scheme workforce. Applications…
Maggie Coggan, Monday, 19th November 2018 - The federal government has unveiled a joint employment taskforce to tackle high rates of disability unemployment, but service providers have raised concerns about whether enough…