A refreshed plan of action by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is aiming to support more people with disability find and keep jobs. The…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Ballarat mine collapse KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: The race is on right now to free one miner still trapped underground following the collapse…
The Albanese Labor Government continues its commitment to people with disability, today releasing a Progress Update in response to the Disability Royal Commission’s final report,…
Applications are now open for the 2024 intake of the Indigenous Apprenticeships Program (IAP). The IAP supports First Nations people to start a career in…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Passing of Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon; Reserve Bank; cost of living; Dunkley byelection; economic policy; Sam Kerr allegation KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: Well,…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: New Services Australia staff; improving call and payment wait times LISA CHESTERS, MEMBER FOR BENDIGO: So, Lisa Chesters, Federal Member for Bendigo,…
The Australian Government has created 11 new jobs in the Central Victoria region as part of its $228 million commitment to deliver new staff to…
Disability Ministers welcome the historic final report of the Disability Royal Commission. The Disability Royal Commission was the result of many years of tireless advocacy.…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Adelaide NDIS Town Hall; NDIS Review outcomes and actions; whistleblowers in the NDIS; response to the Disability Royal Commission BILL SHORTEN, MINISTER…
Minister for the NDIS the Hon. Bill Shorten MP today announced Michael Phelan APM as the interim acting Commissioner of the National Disability Insurance Scheme…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Former MP not named in ASIO report; Dutton misidentifying suspect in Question Time; Dunkley by-election; Labor’s tax cuts SARAH ABO, HOST: Well,…
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) is being extended to eligible residents in the Victorian communities of Dadswell Bridge in the Rural City of…
Today, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Tracy Mackey has announced that she will be resigning from her position effective in May. I want to thank…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Immigration visas for Palestinians; Industrial Relations laws; Supermarkets pricing; US election; STEFANOVIC: The Government has approved 2000 visas to Palestinians fleeing the…
SUBJECTS: ROBODEBT; SERVICES AUSTRALIA; PUBLIC SERVICE; myGov Thank you, Peter (Gearin) and The Mandarin for inviting me here today to talk about this important topic.…
Minister for the NDIS, Bill Shorten, and WA Minister for Health, Amber-Jade Sanderson, visited Inklings, an innovative early intervention program funded for $13.8 million by…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: New Services Australia recruits; claims backlog; Centrelink; Disability Support Pension; NDIS MITSOPOULOS: For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been talking a…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT JONOTHAN CARAPETIS, DIRECTOR, TELETHON KIDS INSTITUTE: I’d like to acknowledge elders past and present and thank them for their wisdom and their partnership…
Residents in the Pomonal area who have been significantly impacted by recent fires in Western Victoria will be able to apply for the Australian Government’s…
The Albanese Government is progressing its positive agenda to improve programs and services for people with disability by convening the first meeting of the National…
The Albanese Government will provide initial funding of $83.9 million to strengthen the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and make sure every dollar is going…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: NDIS reform; accessibility to support outside the NDIS for people with disability; Australia/New Zealand/Canada joint statement on Gaza; protests at electorate offices…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Interest rates; Labor’s tax cuts; corporate profits; cost of living; bet for charity on Dunkley by-election; Albo’s proposal SARAH ABO, HOST: Well, unemployment…
The Australian Government’s delivered more than $25 million in unpaid Medicare benefits to over 116,000 Aussies. All they had to do was update their bank…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Services Australia staffing numbers and claims backlog; Prime Minister getting engaged; negative gearing HOST RAF EPSTEIN: Bill Shorten is the Minister for Government…