Wendy Williams, Monday, 6th March 2017 - Matthew Wright is the branch manager of design and inclusion at the National Disability Insurance Agency focusing on co-design. He is this week’s Changemaker.Wright, the former…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 2nd March 2017 -
Australia’s oldest charity, The Benevolent Society, has been chosen to operate the NSW government’s specialist disability support services – described as Australia’s largest…
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 2nd March 2017 - Two Sydney-based disability service organisations have joined forces to ensure their survival, and success, as the National Disability Insurance Scheme comes into force. In an…
Luke Bo'sher, Thursday, 2nd March 2017 -
Young people in aged care are struggling to get onto the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Commonwealth and state governments, as well as the NDIA, need to take action, writes…
Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 28th February 2017 - Social enterprise Clickability, Australia’s first online platform to rate and review National Disability Insurance Scheme service providers, is expanding to New South Wales.…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 27th February 2017 - A $4 million fund to support projects that identify innovative ways of building and managing the disability workforce under the NDIS is calling for anyone with ideas to apply.The …
Wendy Williams, Monday, 20th February 2017 - Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett has lent her voice to a new project which promises to be a “game changer” for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.The star has become the…
Alison Blake, Friday, 17th February 2017 - The Western Australian government says its hands are tied on the release of a report comparing the two NDIS models trialled in Western Australia over the last three years as debate …
Andrew Donne, Thursday, 16th February 2017 -
Pitting welfare and families against the National Disability Insurance Scheme is just creating a humiliating hierarchy of need, writes Endeavour Foundation chief executive Andrew…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 13th February 2017 - A new $13 million grant has been launched in a bid to make the community more inclusive and support people with disability.As part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS),…
Evie Naufal, Thursday, 9th February 2017 -
Increased choice might actually reduce participants’ experience of choice and control in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, writes disability consultant Evie…
Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 7th February 2017 - Disability advocates welcomed the release of the long-awaited NDIS quality and safety framework, but expressed concern about the significant number of people outside the scheme…