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The Hon. Bill Shorten MP, Minister for the NDIS and Government Services, is calling on qualified disability support workers to join a register to cover…
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants will have better access to safe supports following the completion of the Annual Pricing Review. From 1 July…
E&OE BILL SHORTEN, MINISTER FOR THE NDIS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s great to be here at the National Disability Insurance Agency’s Canberra…
E&OE GREG JENNETT, HOST: All right. Workers providing services in the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been awarded wage rises, or at least the potential…
Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth today announced the Australian Government will provide grant funding of up to $7.8 million to Western Australia disability employment…
The Albanese Labor Government today revealed that welfare payment accuracy has dropped due to the Coalition’s mismanagement of the welfare system, with JobSeeker accuracy dropping…
E&OE SOFIE FORMICA, HOST: Now though, newly appointed Minister for Government Services and Minister for the NDIS, Bill Shorten, spoke this week at a disability…
Introduction In the spirit of reconciliation, I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the country I am in today, the Port Curtis Coral Coast People of…
We congratulate Rosemary Kayess on her re-election to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A respected lawyer and academic, Ms…
E&OE KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: It’s already happening – suburbs in Sydney’s north plunged into darkness as warnings of power cuts become reality and millions more…
E&OE DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Bill Shorten, welcome to the program. BILL SHORTEN, MINISTER FOR THE NDIS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES: Good morning. SPEERS: Let’s just start…
The arrest and charging of a man at Brisbane International Airport on suspicion of defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is proof of the…
I have been informed that the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency and the Chief Executive Officer, Martin Hoffman, have agreed Mr Hoffman will…
The Australian Government acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. We pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.