Support for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants to access the COVID-19 vaccination and boosters will continue into 2022, Minister for the NDIS Senator the…
Minister for the NDIS Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC today announced a number of appointments and reappointments to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)…
The Morrison Government will enable an additional $500 million in low-cost financing to support 2,500 more social and affordable houses for vulnerable Australians. Since its…
The Morrison Government is rebranding the Pension Loans Scheme to be known as the Home Equity Access Scheme and reducing the interest rate from 4.50…
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has released the latest survey results measuring how the lives of participants, families and carers have changed from when…
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has launched the my NDIS app – a new mobile phone application for self-managing National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)…
Community Services Ministers (CSM) met via videoconference on 8 December 2021. After endorsement from the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments and the Aboriginal…
From today, Cashless Debit Card holders who bank through Indue will be able to make payments using their smartphone device. Minister for Families and Social…
The Morrison Government, in partnership with SNAICC – the National Voice for our Children, has today released the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early…
Traditional Credit Union has now begun issuing Cashless Debit Cards in the Northern Territory to new program participants. Minister for Families and Social Services Anne…
Last week the Australian Federal Police (AFP) executed search warrants across three premises on the Sunshine Coast, following an investigation by the National Disability Insurance…
More than 1 million recipients of youth, student, and carer allowances will receive a boost to their payments from 1 January 2022 to help them…
A transformative new strategy supported by targeted action plans and a robust outcomes framework will help drive change for people with disability over the next…
In a huge boost for Australia’s volunteers, the Morrison Government has today announced more than $18 million as part of the 2021 Volunteer Grants, which…
The Morrison Government will invest $2.8 million over three years to deliver the final stage of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Project. This…
More survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will now be eligible to receive redress as the Morrison Government delivers on its commitment to expand Funder…
Minister for the NDIS Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC today welcomed the appointment of Ms Tracy Mackey as the new NDIS Quality and Safeguards…
The Morrison Government will invest $22.4 million over five years to establish a Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission to oversee the implementation of the…
Multicultural Australians are being encouraged to consider a career in care and support, including disability, aged care and veterans’ support. Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people…
Work to align regulation across the aged care, disability and veterans’ care sectors will significantly improve quality and safety for participants and consumers. The…
Today marks the 12th anniversary of the National Apology for Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants. This day is a solemn reminder of the terrible…
The Australian and Northern Territory governments are delivering a joint initiative to better support families in the NT and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia,…
More than $10 million of incorrect or non-compliant payments from National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) providers has been identified since July. The Morrison Government is…
A group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations across Australia are receiving a total of $1.27 million in grants to improve the delivery of…
Eligible NDIS providers in Queensland (Qld), South Australia (SA) and Tasmania will be able to claim a one-off payment from the NDIA for support workers…