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How people are assessed for the NDIS is changing. Here’s what you need to know

The government has announced a new tool to assess the needs of people with disability for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Instead of a having to gather and submit medical reports, new ...

Australian Labor government’s austerity legislation provides for complete gutting of disability supports

The NDIS Amendment Bill 2026 provides the framework for kicking hundreds of thousands of disabled people off their support ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Government advisory group recommends delaying NDIS 'robo-planning' changes

The NDIS Reform Advisory Committee has urged the government to put at least a three-month pause on the introduction of a new way of producing plans for participants. The upcoming system has been ...
The Conversation

NDIS cost scrutiny is intensifying again – the past shows this can harm health and wellbeing for people with disability

Those in the disability field have been expressing a sense of whiplash since Friday. Many had felt buoyed by reassurances from Bill Shorten, minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS ...