Commonwealth, state and territory Community Services Ministers met in-person at Parliament House, Canberra on 31 January 2023. Since the launch of Safe and Supported: the…
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to develop an Early Years Strategy with public consultation now underway ahead of the major Early…
The Albanese Labor Government will continue its commitment to leaving no one behind and holding no one back by progressing a National Autism Strategy and…
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 Albanese Government will today progress its commitment to Australia’s children by launching the first Action Plans under Safe and Supported: The National Framework for…
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…
Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP and Minister for Social Services, the Hon Amanda Rishworth MP will convene the National Roundtable on Online…
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…
Australia and the Republic of Serbia have signed a new social security agreement that will improve access to retirement benefits for eligible people who have…
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)…
The Albanese Labor Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Business Council of Australia (BCA) to create and implement a new disability employment…
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…
Placing people living with disability at the centre of the services they receive is a key pillar of a discussion paper on the proposed Disability…
The Albanese Labor Government will provide more than $10 million in additional funding to Emergency and Food Relief providers in response to recent flood events…
The Albanese Labor Government’s new Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee will meet this week to begin its important work in helping to address disadvantage and boost…
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 Albanese Labor Government will establish a National Centre for Place-Based Collaboration to explore and enhance community-led solutions in addressing social complex problems and entrenched…
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…
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…