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Help for disabled youths left at the mercy of carers

A young disabled woman has described feeling "lost" with no idea where to turn when a carer damaged her wheelchair and left her feeling unsafe.

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Kathy has terminal cancer and cares for her son with a profound disability. At a crisis point, his NDIS funding ran out

As the national disability insurance scheme undergoes changes, advocates say participants have become collateral damage, placing their carers in impossible situations

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Disability services provider which collapsed with $500,000 tax debt investigated by NDIS regulator

Exclusive: Residents asked to sign contracts with a new company operated by a relative of Core & Capacity’s director after it was declared insolvent

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The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support

Ensuring the provision of high quality disability services will pose a significant challenge for the Albanese government’s second term.

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Tricky portfolios and rising stars: the biggest moves in Albanese’s cabinet reshuffle

Here are the most important changes – among almost two dozen – in Labor’s ministry reshuffle

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View from The Hill: Albanese shifts Tanya Plibersek from environment, in favour of ‘can-do’ Murray Watt

The reshuffle announced by Anthony Albanese is a mix of continuity and change, with those in the government’s top rank staying in their previous ministries, as the prime minister had earlier flagged, but some big movements down the line.

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'Slow the pace down': PM in no rush to select cabinet

Anthony Albanese will have a great array of MPs to choose from when he forms his next frontbench, but a decision on its makeup won't be made immediately.

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NDIS Provider Pleads Guilty To Safety Breaches After Death Of 28 Y.O. Indigenous Woman

Kyah Lucas suffered burns to almost half her body when she was bathed at a home in Orange, NSW by two workers from the NDIS provider in 2022.

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NDIS provider pleads guilty over bathtub burns death

LiveBetter has pleaded guilty to breaching workplace safety laws after the death of one of its clients, and a year after it was fined over a separate case.

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The Melbourne IT worker: ‘We are grateful that the NDIS is supporting us’

Irfan Syed has found his niche in local cricket after migrating from India but says his family is ‘struggling big time’ with the cost of living

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Man bailed after alleged Asher Keddie home break-in

A man has been bailed after allegedly breaking into the home of Gold Logie winner Asher Keddie before being chased and tackled by her husband.

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Albo Addresses Labor Candidate’s Resurfaced Tweet Depicting Dutton As A Nazi

"Ali France is an extraordinary Australian and I don’t know what your tweets are like more than a decade ago,” Albanese said at a press conference in Perth.

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Coalition denies plans to slash NDIS, but says cost is ‘out of control’

Disability Advocacy Network urges politicians not to treat scheme as a ‘football to be punted around at the expense of people with disability’

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View from The Hill: 5 things to look for in the budget – and why we really need another budget soon

Jim Chalmers likes to boast, or marvel, that he is the first treasurer since Ben Chifley to deliver four budgets in a term.

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Disability provider charged over fatal bathtub burns

Disability support provider LiveBetter is facing health and safety charges over the bathtub burns death of a client, almost a year after it copped a $1.8m fine.

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NDIS reforms aim to make the scheme fairer. But we’ve found the groups struggling to gain access

When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was established in 2013, one of its driving aims was to make disability services and support systems fairer.

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Neale Daniher’s worthy recognition is a unique opportunity to change the conversation about the NDIS

By amplifying the voices and experiences of people with high support needs, the Australian of the Year could help steer the narrative towards human outcomes

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‘Comedy of errors’: NDIS reform leaves disabled Australians fearing what comes next

With a new minister, a looming federal election and tight reform timelines, advocates point to a palpable undercurrent of fear around cuts to individual funding

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$1.9m hit in biggest NDIS fine after 'terrible' death

An NDIS provider has been hit with the highest ever civil penalty of its kind over failures that led an at-risk man to die after choking on a toasted sandwich.

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Cabinet gender parity as election fight intensifies

The prime minister has lauded the fact the cabinet has gender parity for the first time as political leaders tussle with an election on the horizon.

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Melbourne woman’s fight to keep NDIS support raises legal questions about agency’s ‘troubling’ processes

Tribunal decision for 54-year-old Veronica Stephan-Miller suggests onus of proof should be on NDIA, not recipient, before revoking benefits

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More women in cabinet but representation worries build

The political representation of women has received a boost after a pre-election cabinet shuffle but concerns remain over the opposition's gender imbalance.

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Australia has a new autism strategy but questions remain for those who don’t get NDIS support

Today the federal government released Australia’s first National Autism Strategy, with A$42 million of funding for the first stage of the strategy.

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Disability staff lose big on Christmas workday: union

Providers are underpaying disability workers by misclassifying them as home care staff while pocketing the difference, their union tells the industrial umpire.

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You don’t have to make my son’s life easier because he has a disability – just don’t make it harder

Why should Ezra, 14, lower his standards and become smaller to accommodate the world around him?

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