Media Releases by The Hon Bill Shorten MP
Services Australia CEO Rebecca Skinner retires
I have been informed that Rebecca Skinner PSM, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Services Australia, will resign from the Australian Public Service (APS) effective…
Own Motion Inquiry into Platform Providers places NDIS participant voices front and centre
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has today released the Insights Report: Own Motion Inquiry into Platform Providers Operating in the NDIS market. Minister for…
Adelaide men accused of NDIS fraud
Two men accused of defrauding National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants have been banned from delivering NDIS services and are now facing even more serious…
Re-appointment of Managing Director of Hearing Australia
The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Minister for Government Services, announced today that Mr Kim Terrell has…
Closing the hearing health gap for First Nations children
The Albanese Government is improving the hearing health of First Nations children through the delivery of the Hearing Assessment Program – Early Ears (HAPEE), established…
Connecting NDIS participants and providers through new grants
The Albanese Government will invest $4.4 million in grants to support the development of resources to deliver better outcomes for participants in the National Disability…
A decade of transformation for people with disability
On this day ten years ago, 1 July, four trial sites across Australia opened their doors and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) started to…
Independent NDIS Review releases What we have heard report for further public consultation
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Review has reached a milestone today, releasing a report on what they have heard so far. Minister for the…
Services Australia and NDIA celebrate 100 co-located sites across Australia
The Australian Government’s commitment to making government services easy to access has seen Services Australia and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) join forces in…
MyGov app hits two million downloads new service centre on wheels hits the road
Old meets new today for Services Australia, as the new MyGov app officially hits two million downloads and the newest Mobile Service Centre (MSC), Kangaroo…
New Hearing Australia Board appointments
The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Minister for Government Services, the Hon Bill Shorten, has announced the appointment of three new…
First Nations Reflections for National Reconciliation Week
The Australian Government has launched a new website to highlight the advocacy by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 50 years for equal access…
Review to protect front line staff
I am shocked, angered and saddened by yesterday’s serious incident involving the assault of a staff member at Services Australia’s Airport West Service Centre in…
Damning report into boarding houses for NDIS participants
A new report has found people living with disability are at extreme risk across a range of boarding houses across Victoria. A report done by…
Strengthening myGov and emergency response capability
The Albanese Government’s second Budget delivers significant investments in myGov and provides greater support to Australians during natural disasters. As part of our plan to…
Getting the NDIS back on track
The Albanese Labor Government is getting the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) back on track by improving outcomes for participants and ensuring the sustainability of…
NDIS participants to have greater say through supported decision making
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants will have greater support to make their own decisions about their NDIS journey, with the release of the new…
National Cabinet commits to a sustainable NDIS
National Cabinet has committed to efforts to reboot the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This will ensure the NDIS can continue to provide life-changing outcomes for…
Albanese Government invests in fighting fraud against NDIS
The Albanese Labor Government will invest a further $48.3 million to fight fraud against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). $48.3 million in the 2023-24…
Pilot program to trial support for infants showing early behavioural signs of autism
The Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) will deliver a pilot program that will examine whether pre-emptive intervention for children showing early behavioural signs of autism, may…
Use of debt collectors for social welfare abolished
The Albanese Government will ensure Robodebt never happens again. The cessation of outsourcing social security welfare payment debts to external collection agents (ECAs) is one…
NDIA to strengthen participant safety
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is improving participant safety, through the release of a new NDIA Participant Safeguarding Policy. This Policy marks the…
Series of firsts in new NDIA Board appointments
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Bill Shorten today announced the appointment of two new members of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)…
Medicare card now available in the myGov app
People can now add a digital version of their Medicare card to the myGov app for secure and convenient access on the go. Minister for…
Government welcomes independent review report
The Government welcomes the findings of the Independent Review of Services Australia and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Procurement and Contracting which examined the…