Media Releases by The Hon Bill Shorten MP
A Life Changing Life in the Care and Support Sector
One of Australia’s fastest-growing sectors will be spotlighted in a national campaign to encourage people to consider a career in care and support work. The…
Tasmanians Owed $4M In Unclaimed Medicare Benefits
Tasmanians are being urged to check their eligibility to claim close to $4 million of unpaid Medicare benefits. 20 000 Tasmanians are currently missing out…
Federal Disaster Payments Activated For North Queensland Floods
The Albanese Government has now activated federal disaster assistance payments to flood-affected Queenslanders experiencing ongoing extreme monsoon activity and rainfall. The Australian Government Disaster Recovery…
One million people now using the myGov app
The new myGov app has hit its first major milestone, with more than one million Australians downloading and using the app in three months. The…
NDIS case numbers slashed
New figures reveal National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants are now getting faster, fairer access to the disability supports they need, Minister for the NDIS,…
Hearing Australia Marrickville centre officially opened
Today the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and the Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for…
New partnership between NDIA and First Peoples Disability Network
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is partnering with First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) to co-design a new NDIS First Nations Strategy and action plan…
Partnership in Perth makes access easier
Perth’s first co-designed and purpose-built crisis intervention space for people experiencing homelessness has achieved yet another first. Uniting WA’s Tranby Engagement Hub in Aberdeen Street…
Fraud Fusion Taskforce continues to deliver
The Fraud Fusion Taskforce, set up to tackle fraud against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), has contributed to another two providers being suspended for…
AMA finds hundreds of millions of dollars getting NDIS participants home from hospital
Since being elected in May 2022, the Albanese Labor Government has saved the state health system hundreds of millions of dollars by reducing the number…
Taskforce targets alleged NDIS fraud
Three men will face court over fraud-related offences against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), following the execution of search warrants early yesterday morning in…
Applications open for the 2023 Indigenous Apprenticeships Program
Applications are open for the 2023 Indigenous Apprenticeships Program. The 12 month program offers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians a permanent, full-time, entry level…
MyGov to transform as Australia grows
A review into the myGov digital platform has found it is essential to the lives of Australians and is critical national infrastructure like our roads,…
Investigation sees two Victorian-based NDIS providers banned
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) has taken compliance action against two Victorian-based entities and five associated individuals. Millennium Disability Care Pty Ltd…
NDIS improving lives of Australians with cerebral palsy
The latest insight into cerebral palsy participants on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) shows children, adults and their families were seeing a major boost…
New report to help improve lives for people who live in group homes
The Australian Government is set to improve the lives of people with disability who live in supported accommodation also known as “group homes”. This will…
Funding boost for co-design in the disability sector
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is strengthening engagement with the disability community, providing an additional $1.4 million to Disability Representative and Carers Organisations (DRCOs)…
Perth-based entities and individuals banned
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has taken compliance action against 6 Perth-based entities and two associated individuals. Vida and Simon Reid, directors of Armadale-based…
Embedded support for vulnerable Australians
An innovative program helping to bridge the gap between people doing it tough and Australia’s welfare system is being extended across Australia. Minister for Government…
Two NDIS fraudsters imprisoned as new crime taskforce ramps up
Two people have been sentenced to more than eight years’ combined prison time over fraud against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). A Sydney woman…
Financial support available now for school leavers
With year 12 students around the country receiving final results this week, graduates planning to continue study or start an apprenticeship are being urged to…
NDIS legacy appeal cases slashed
Minister for the NDIS and Government Services, the Hon. Bill Shorten MP, has today announced that almost 60 per cent of NDIS legacy appeal cases…
Record claims processed to help Australians in disaster
Eight nationally significant disaster events since January 2022 have required a turbo charged response to processing government payments. Services Australia has supported some 2.9 million people…
New MyGov app simplifies access to Government services
Accessing government services is now easier with the new myGov app. Minister for Government Services the Hon Bill Shorten MP said the app, available to…
Minister Shorten Interview on ABC RN Breakfast with Patricia Karvelas
E&OE SUBJECTS: Medibank data breach, former Government Services Minister, IR PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The government is expecting to pass its controversial IR bill by the…