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Complaining NDIS families face child protection threats

Complaining NDIS families face child protection threats

The national disability agency is referring families that complain about support levels to child protection services, an autism help network says.

Armrest mess forces disability advocate on 14-hour trip

Armrest mess forces disability advocate on 14-hour trip

Armrest mess forces disability advocate on 14-hour trip

Armrest mess forces disability advocate on 14-hour trip

Air travel can become "an unreasonable ordeal" a disability advocate says, after he was he was forced to take an overnight train for a disability conference.

'Makes my brain explode': families fear NDIS changes

'Makes my brain explode': families fear NDIS changes

'Makes my brain explode': families fear NDIS changes

'Makes my brain explode': families fear NDIS changes

Families are still largely in the dark about what will happen when their kids are moved off the NDIS onto state supports as a transition period gets underway.

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'Families need clarity' on NDIS early autism overhaul

'Families need clarity' on NDIS early autism overhaul

Advocates are calling for certainty on how NDIS supports will be impacted after the first phase of a program to take children with autism off the scheme begins.

Big NDIS savings snagging on lone holdout state

Big NDIS savings snagging on lone holdout state

The federal government's frustration is growing over one state's refusal to sign on to one of its sweeping reforms to the NDIS.

Substantial NDIS package untouched before woman's death

Substantial NDIS package untouched before woman's death

An intellectually disabled woman found emaciated the day before she died had a $75,000 NDIS plan that had never been used, a coroner has been told.

'It's always there': high cost of chronic pain on kids

'It's always there': high cost of chronic pain on kids

Kids with chronic pain conditions are struggling to have their symptoms taken seriously, a study has found, despite impacting most aspects of their lives.

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Arts groups fear fallout of looming NDIS funding cuts

Arts groups fear fallout of looming NDIS funding cuts

Arts groups fear fallout of looming NDIS funding cuts

Arts groups fear fallout of looming NDIS funding cuts

Disability arts organisations from around Australia fear cuts to the NDIS will destroy career pathways and reduce vital mental health and social supports.

Speaking up for lives harmed by alcohol in the womb

Speaking up for lives harmed by alcohol in the womb

Speaking up for lives harmed by alcohol in the womb

Speaking up for lives harmed by alcohol in the womb

A national campaign is seeking to destigmatise and raise awareness of a physical and neurodevelopmental condition caused by prenatal alcohol exposure.

Drawing a line: disability arts sector fears NDIS cuts

Drawing a line: disability arts sector fears NDIS cuts

Drawing a line: disability arts sector fears NDIS cuts

Drawing a line: disability arts sector fears NDIS cuts

A studio for artists with intellectual disabilities has produced an Archibald finalist but cuts to the NDIS have the arts disability sector worried.

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Independent MPs will back a bill to change the automated decision-making pathways the government uses to determine key health funding.

Labor against 'whack-a-mole' approach to tech ban

Labor against 'whack-a-mole' approach to tech ban

Labor against 'whack-a-mole' approach to tech ban

Labor against 'whack-a-mole' approach to tech ban

Calls for a ban on wearable technology such as smart glasses have been shut down by the government, as disability advocates urge caution.

'She deserved dignity': family's anger over NDIS death

'She deserved dignity': family's anger over NDIS death

'She deserved dignity': family's anger over NDIS death

'She deserved dignity': family's anger over NDIS death

Relatives of a woman under NDIS care who died after being found in squalid conditions say they hope no family ever suffers the heartbreak they endured.

Sweeping NDIS changes get the green light

Sweeping NDIS changes get the green light

Sweeping NDIS changes get the green light

Sweeping NDIS changes get the green light

Multiple changes were added at the last minute to contentious NDIS reforms after a deal between the major parties to rein in costs of the scheme.

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Hearing loss and dementia link can drive implant growth

Australian hearing implant company Cochlear has suffered a fall in annual earnings but is positive about the future uptake of its pioneering technology.

'Don't stuff it': Labor relishes One Nation super fight

A call to expand early access to retirement funds to tackle cost-of-living pressures from Pauline Hanson has given the government a boost in a busy week.

'Blood on your hands': senators slam disability reform

Greens, coalition and independent senators have raised significant concerns in parliament over Labor's cuts to disability funding.

Labor confident of an NDIS deal despite reform backlash

The federal disability minister has defended changes to the NDIS, flagging further amendments to tackle fraud and win parliamentary support.

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'Too far, too fast': alarm as NDIS revamp moves closer

An inquiry report recommending multibillion-dollar cuts to the national disability fund go ahead is being tempered by widespread warnings over the shake-up

'Stop the madness': Liberal eyes big tech, party policy

A Liberal frontbencher has called on his party to slash the construction code, cut migration, tax big tech more and freeze the NDIS to fix Australia's malaise.

Neglect charges dropped over malnourished woman's death

Years after a woman with cerebral palsy was found dead in squalid conditions, a former director of an NDIS provider has pleaded guilty to reckless conduct.

Gambling reform deal edges closer as division remains

Labor is confident of securing a deal for controversial gambling reforms, despite concerns the measures do not go far enough to reduce harm.

'We die': disabled voices warn against NDIS cuts

A major overhaul of Australia's national disability program has secured bipartisan support but advocates have warned the changes could have deadly consequences.

'All relative': Labor plays down decade-low poll result

Labor's primary vote has fallen to its lowest level since the dying days of the Gillard government, but an expert says the figure is not as bad as it seems.

'Fatal impacts' feared for LGBTQI community due to cuts

Advocacy groups have warned changes to the NDIS could force members of the LGBTQI community back into the closet.

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