My brother has spent the past two decades of his adult life in a Victorian public hospital locked ward, sidelined by a debilitating mental illness that completely changed the course of his life — and ...

There's been a shift in the public sentiment towards the NDIS in recent times. The scheme was introduced with bipartisan support in parliament a decade ago, and it has gone on to transform hundreds of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The federal budget will receive a $700 million boost off the back of lower-than-expected NDIS spending, but major cost pressures remain ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The federal government will struggle to constrain growth in the $44 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme at below 8 per cent ...

Bill Shorten — who finished up as NDIS minister this week before heading off to become the vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra — was a key architect of the National Disability Insurance ...

The government’s Bill aims to rein in the ballooning NDIS spending, amid forecasts it would cost taxpayers $50bn by 2025-2026 without urgent intervention. Among the Bill’s measures is a cap on 8 per ...

The fee for a mandatory NDIS assessment could be passed on to participants under reforms designed to rein in spending The eleventh-hour revelation has shocked disability groups, who have demanded a ...

Projected spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme ballooned by $5.4 billion over the past year as the program continued to grow at more than 20 per cent a year despite Labor’s efforts to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Children with neurodevelopmental delays risk having the number of supports they access slashed by two-thirds if new restrictions are ...