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The Chairman of the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Dr Helen Nugent AO, has announced the reappointment of the NDIA's Chief Executive Officer, Mr David Bowen, for a period of up to six months from 9 May 2017.

The Board overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be expanded from 1 January 2017 to ensure it has the disability service, financial management, corporate governance and insurance-based expertise needed to guide the $22 billion scheme through its critical three year expansion to 2019-20.

Four new regions across the country and two new age groups in South Australia and Tasmania will enter the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from 1 January.

To mark International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has released a short video capturing the reflections of prominent disability advocates on how far disability rights have come in Australia over the last 10 years and where they hope to be in another 10 years’ time.

More than $3 billion has so far been committed to help people living with a disability under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a new report reveals.

An increase in funding from $8 billion to $22 billion by 2019-20 will help grow the range and scale of the disability support sector to meet the demand of hundreds of thousands Australians who will benefit from the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme