Sally Sara: Hello and welcome to The World Today. In a rare act of bipartisanship in what could be the last sitting week before a Federal election, the Coalition backed Labor's bill that also enshrines legal rights for aged care recipients. CEO of Peakbody Group, the Aged and Community Care Providers Association, Tom Symondson, says it will relieve financial pressure …
Adam Quarrell describes being an NDIS participant as like "being in an abusive relationship". Adam Quarrell says an NDIS planner asked him, "can't you just hold it in" when he was discussing his need for catheters. After speaking on live radio, contacting the Tasmanian Disability Services Minister and staging a sit-in outside the NDIS office in Hobart on Thursday, Mr …
Speaking after national cabinet on Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had just left a successful and significant meeting. The premiers and chief ministers agreed to a package worth $1.2 billion to "take pressure off" hospitals, endorsing funding from the commonwealth towards the National Health Reform Agreement and Medicare. "National Cabinet endorsed Commonwealth increasing National Health Reform Agreement contributions …
Disability Services Minister Bill Shorten says the government's central agency for supporting Australians with a disability has "lost its way" and needs significant work to ensure it can survive into the future. Key points: The NDIS minister has promised a reboot of the government's key disability agency, which he says has gone off track Bill Shorten promised more staff, longer-term …
Wollongong's Nina Crumpton is hard to miss. Key points: Nina Crumpton has created a social media channel called It's A Wheely Good Life The channel was created to give people with a disability tips on getting an NDIS plan that suits them She would like to see disability normalised in the workforce and increase employment rates for people with a …
Sue Grier has always worried about what might happen to her autistic son when she dies, but her concerns have grown due to proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. "For many, many years, William has had very little funding and the NDIS arrived and he's now been able to achieve some great things in his life," Ms Grier …
