CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 28-- The Australian Department of Social Services' Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, issued the following news release: National Disability Insurance ...

Exclusive: After a $24,000 legal fight, Scott Clough won the disability support he needs. New appeal rules mean others may not have the same protection ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government has announced a new tool to assess the needs of people with disability for the National Disability Insurance Scheme ...

Karen R Fisher received funding from Early Childhood Intervention Australia, Australian Research Council and NSW Health. Nirosha Boaden does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...

At the moment participants who seek funds need to prove they have a disability in order to get support. Often that comes in the guise of expensive medical reports from GPs, specialists or allied ...

What a difference a few years makes. In 2021, the disability community rejoiced when independent assessments — a controversial set of reforms spearheaded by the Coalition — were declared "dead". Labor ...

The federal Labor government is carrying out a drastic overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), aiming to cut $60 billion from projected disability spending over the next decade.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says a five-year funding deal for hospitals is closely linked to state support for a new disability scheme proposed by the federal government. States said they were caught off ...

Di Winkler is the CEO and Founder of the Summer Foundation and a board member of Summer Housing. Eighteen months ago, a Melbourne woman named Leila had a stroke and went to a local hospital. After ...