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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…
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…
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…
The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), has amended the Letters Patent to extend the Royal Commission into the Robodebt…
The Albanese Government’s landmark legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social housing in more than a decade has passed the House…
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…
Disability Ministers came together in Canberra last Friday to set collective priorities for the year ahead, focused on improving the lives of people with disability.…
The Albanese Labor Government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to reform Income Management through the introduction of the new SmartCard. Following the abolishment…
The Albanese Government has today introduced a package of legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social housing in more than a…
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 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…
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,…
The Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth, today awarded funding of $797,587 to Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) to deliver a new…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
A $70 million, 130-plus apartment ‘Build to Rent’ project on Adelaide’s city-fringe will deliver an increase in social housing plus dozens of affordable rentals for…
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…
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 people have been sentenced to more than eight years’ combined prison time over fraud against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). A Sydney woman…
The Albanese Labor Government is committed to improving the lives of Australians living with disability through research by today releasing two key projects that will…
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…
The first Housing and Homelessness Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) was held in Sydney on 6 December following its re-establishment by National Cabinet on 30 September…
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.