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Grattan on Friday: Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS?

Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in policy quicksand on three core issues: its budget tax reforms, its wrestle to curb the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the electorally sensitive area of…

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Minister accuses states of exaggerating NDIS criticism

State and territory ministers have hit out at looming reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, but the minister in charge says they're posturing.

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'Historic': disability workers push for massive raise

Australian disability and community workers are calling for a historic pay rise, with almost a third saying they cannot meet basic living costs.

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FED:Advocates push to delay key reforms to the NDIS

An inquiry is set to hear calls for sweeping government changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme to be pushed back.

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'Blood on your hands': disability reforms blasted

Disability and human rights advocates have serious concerns about a planned overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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FED:'Back in the 1970s': NDIS changes to take away dignity

Cost-saving measures targeting the National Disability Insurance Scheme will strip disabled Australians of their dignity, advocates have warned.

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The government plans to tighten NDIS eligibility. Here’s what’s likely to change

Amid the noise and spectacle of budget week, one significant policy change has slipped largely under the radar. Health Minister Mark Butler introduced changes that, if passed by parliament, will tighten access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

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What do the proposed NDIS changes mean for people with disability living in supported accommodation?

Amid major reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), unveiled last week, NDIS minister Mark Butler announced the government’s plans to commission supported independent living services for people with disability, “rather than relying on a market that isn’t working”.

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NDIS cuts not just about kicking people off: minister

The minister in charge of the NDIS has defended looming changes to the scheme that will require people with disabilities to be reassessed.

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NDIS eligibility will be based on ‘functional capacity’, not diagnostic labels. But what does that mean?

This week the government unveiled plans to reduce the number of people in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by 160,000 over the next four years, a decision NDIS Minister Mark Butler has called “hard” but “unavoidable and urgent”.

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Pressure on states to get behind NDIS changes

States and territories are being lobbied by the federal treasurer to back National Disability Insurance Scheme reforms to handle more people than previously.

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Tightened eligibility and cuts to plans: what the NDIS changes mean for participants

In sweeping reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) announced today, the government will cut 160,000 participants from the scheme over the next four years and reduce funding for the average plan by A$5,000 in the next two years.

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NDIS slashed and higher health insurance subsidy for over-65s scrapped, in Health Minister Butler’s package

The government will slash spending in real terms on the National Disability Insurance Scheme over four years, as it undertakes a massive “reset” of the program.

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'Cuts, cuts, cuts': NDIS costs slashed in crack down

Tens of thousands of disabled Australians could lose access to support as the government tries to pare back the soaring cost of the NDIS.

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NDIS changes to be unveiled on Wednesday will provide budget’s biggest cuts

The Albanese government on Wednesday will unveil the biggest source of cuts in the May 12 budget, when it announces a sweeping overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by the NDIS. What happens next isn’t entirely clear

Research published earlier this year found the strongest evidence yet that the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has played a key role driving up autism diagnoses in Australia.

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Labor MPs break ranks on budget disability reform

Some government MPs are pushing for major NDIS reforms, but advocates say people with disabilities should not be left behind.

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Government urged to end MND funding age gap

Patients diagnosed with a devastating neurological condition face discrimination that costs them $200,000 in support, sparking calls to end an age cap.

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Parents of autistic children are stressed. Here’s what they want you to know

If you’re a parent or carer of a child who’s autistic, the odds are you’re spinning more plates than the average person. The emotional, physical and logistical demands stack up, often without the kind of support you need. It can leave you exhausted and wondering if things will ever improve.

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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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