E&OE SUBJECTS: tennis, taxi fares, fitness centres for truck drivers KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: Great to have your company live from Melbourne Park, and what a…
Most of us list having a place to call home as essential to our quality of life. A home is about more than bricks and…
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…
E&OE SUBJECTS: NDIS participant housing report, Voice to Parliament. HAMISH MACDONALD, HOST: While the vast majority of Australians with disability live in their own homes,…
E&OE SUBJECTS: Report on group housing of NDIS participants, Voice to Parliament KRISTIE LLOYD, HOST: More than 7000 serious incident reports within disability group homes,…
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)…
We approach every New Year with a sense of optimism, don’t we? In the early days of January, once the frenetic lead up to Christmas…
E&OE SUBJECTS: Voice to parliament, Prince Harry’s media blitz, North Sydney local council planning to blacklist leather BROOKE BONEY, HOST: Welcome back. Thanks for your…
E&OE SUBJECTS: Arrest of repatriate from Syria HOST, MONIQUE WRIGHT: We’re joined now by Government Services Minister Bill Shorten and the Deputy Opposition Leader, Sussan…
E&OE SUBJECTS: NDIS participants medically fit for hospital discharge reduced wait times, Medicare, Stuart Robert investigation BILL SHORTEN, MINISTER FOR THE NDIS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES:…
There is a Greater Good Science Centre at UCLA, Berkley. Researchers there study the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of wellbeing. They found that having a…
At this time every year we ask ourselves how we possibly could have already completed another lap around the Sun. Surely time is going faster…
SUBJECTS: RBA Rate Rise, quotas for women in parliament and Christmas CHRISTINE AHERN: Will the Reserve Bank be on the naughty or the nice list…
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…
It’s the 21st of December – gravy day. I’m a big Paul Kelly fan and I love his Christmas anthem How to Make Gravy. I’m…
E&OE TRACY VO, HOST: Well, the plan to make power bills cheaper has been labelled a Soviet‑Style policy; the CEO of a major gas producer…
Last night, the robodebt royal commission heard from a true Australian legend. Colleen Taylor was the Centrelink worker who in 2017 raised concerns within the…
E&OE SUBJECTS: Robodebt Royal Commission BILL SHORTEN, MINISTER FOR THE NDIS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES: Good afternoon everybody. After receiving a series of phone calls, text…
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…
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…
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…
E&OE TRACY VO: Well, the Federal Government’s plan to secure cheaper energy for Aussies households before Christmas has hit a major road block. Anthony Albanese…
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…