Well-respected disability advocacy organisations across the country have not had their funding renewed, in a move they say will leave vulnerable people to manage crises alone.
Health & Wellness
The government is upgrading NDIS offices with security alarms, emergency exits and security barriers to protect staff from violent threats.
Liquidators allege the Perth-based directors of Adachi Disability Services used borrowed company funds to buy a Ferrari and invest in a Zimbabwe football team.
Politics & Governance
Its chief actuary, Guy Thorburn, has cast doubt on the NDIA’s capacity to control cost growth, as the government comes under pressure to reduce spending.
World News
Former treasury secretary John Fraser has called for sweeping cuts across the public service and the $56 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Two senior managers overseeing the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme are on leave while the agency reviews damning findings made against them in a Victorian integrity investigation into COVID-19 business grant rorts.
Six weeks from the end of the school year, principals and teachers say they have been blindsided by a government decision to reduce disability support funding.
Building & Construction
Conceived as a pilot project for Disability Homes Victoria, Studio Bright’s specialist disability accommodation negotiates complex regulatory, operational and behavioural requirements, demonstrating how considered design can improve residents’ quality of life while reducing maintenance and operational costs.
World News
Big business and providers urge Labor to cut NDIS red tape by 25pc and ditch hourly billing, warning outdated pricing and tech threaten the $50bn scheme’s future.
Politics & Governance
McMillan Shakespeare chief Rob De Luca has had a long and winding career, and has come to think about leadership as a bit like being a parent.