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NDIS plan management provider faces $40,000 fine
An NDIS plan management provider is facing legal action and penalties of up to $40,000 for underpaying a senior plan
NDIS stops at the school gates
As the school year gets underway, David Brady writes that education for students with a disability in NSW is a
With five food delivery riders killed in two months, Australia’s gig economy faces a reckoning
The federal government is facing increasing pressure to regulate Australia’s ‘gig economy’ following a spate of delivery rider deaths. Five delivery riders working for apps including UberEats, DoorDash and Hungry Panda have been killed on the job in the past two months. On Monday, an as yet unnamed rider died …
Delivering the NDIS: Implementation of reforms for a simpler, faster, fairer and more flexible NDIS
24 November 2020 The Morrison Government is on track to deliver significant improvements to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Update on NDIS coronavirus supports in South Australia
19 November 2020Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Stuart Robert, has confirmed NDIS participants in South Australia have access
Larry Hackett: If Trumpism is a virus where was it seeded?
If Trumpism is a virus here to stay, 1980s New York City was its wet market. That’s where this stubborn civic plague first took root – a more benign strain to be sure, one where the local population achieved herd immunity before a more virulent strain jumped to the broader …
Increased protections for NDIS participants
12 November 2020 Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Stuart Robert, today welcomed the passage of legislation that will
Former PMs to give evidence at Senate inquiry into media diversity
A new Senate inquiry that is set to examine Australia’s media sector will hear evidence of the impact of media concentration on democracy from former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull. The inquiry, which will report by the end of March 2021, followed the tabling of a petition this …
Morrison Government delivering on NDIS promise
11 November 2020 Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Stuart Robert, today released the latest NDIS Quarterly Report (Q1
Convictions quashed in double police killing
A man jailed for life for the killing of two Melbourne policemen has had his convictions overturned because of the “reprehensible” conduct of investigating officers. Jason Roberts had convictions for the 1998 murders of Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller overturned on Tuesday, after two decades behind bars. …
MP wants conscience vote on climate bill
Zali Steggall has dared the prime minister to allow a conscience vote on her climate change bill if he’s not willing to step up on action himself. The independent MP for Warringah will introduce her climate change bill to parliament on Monday, having delayed the plan because of the coronavirus …