Disability representative organisations will receive more than $5.3 million over two years, a new national advocacy secretariat will be established to streamline advice and increase…
The Morrison Government is investing an additional $35 million to continue delivering on its commitment to reduce the number of younger people entering, and living…
Today Minister for Government Services Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC announced that Dr Peta Seaton AM will step down from the role of Chair…
Minister for the NDIS Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC today announced a number of changes to the Independent Advisory Council (IAC) to the National…
Minister for the NDIS Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC today announced a number of appointments and reappointments to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)…
Support for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants to access the COVID-19 vaccination and boosters will continue into 2022, Minister for the NDIS Senator the…
The Morrison Government will enable an additional $500 million in low-cost financing to support 2,500 more social and affordable houses for vulnerable Australians. Since its…
E&OE… GARETH PARKER: The Federal Government are going to revamp a scheme. I’ll call it a reverse mortgage scheme. But I’ll introduce the Minister for…
The Morrison Government is rebranding the Pension Loans Scheme to be known as the Home Equity Access Scheme and reducing the interest rate from 4.50…
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has launched the my NDIS app – a new mobile phone application for self-managing National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)…
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has released the latest survey results measuring how the lives of participants, families and carers have changed from when…
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands on which we gather today, and pay my respects to elders past…
The Morrison Government, in partnership with SNAICC – the National Voice for our Children, has today released the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early…
From today, Cashless Debit Card holders who bank through Indue will be able to make payments using their smartphone device. Minister for Families and Social…
Community Services Ministers (CSM) met via videoconference on 8 December 2021. After endorsement from the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments and the Aboriginal…
Last week the Australian Federal Police (AFP) executed search warrants across three premises on the Sunshine Coast, following an investigation by the National Disability Insurance…
Traditional Credit Union has now begun issuing Cashless Debit Cards in the Northern Territory to new program participants. Minister for Families and Social Services Anne…
Good morning everyone. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the many lands from which we are coming together for this year’s conference,…
More than 1 million recipients of youth, student, and carer allowances will receive a boost to their payments from 1 January 2022 to help them…
A transformative new strategy supported by targeted action plans and a robust outcomes framework will help drive change for people with disability over the next…
In a huge boost for Australia’s volunteers, the Morrison Government has today announced more than $18 million as part of the 2021 Volunteer Grants, which…
One Friday night earlier this month emergency services attended a fire at a residence in the Hidden Valley Town Camp in the Northern Territory. Most…
More survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will now be eligible to receive redress as the Morrison Government delivers on its commitment to expand Funder…
The Morrison Government will invest $2.8 million over three years to deliver the final stage of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Project. This…
Minister for the NDIS Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC today welcomed the appointment of Ms Tracy Mackey as the new NDIS Quality and Safeguards…