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The Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments have today announced $7 million in funding to increase employment and recreational opportunities for people with disability.

The Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) today released the Independent Pricing Review Report (IPR) undertaken by McKinsey & Company, giving in principle support to all of the Report's 25 recommendations.

Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Stuart Robert, today announced $105.9 million in funding for programs to build the capacity of Australians with disability to participate in and contribute to the community.

Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Stuart Robert, today announced over $12.5 million in funding for organisations in Western Australia to build the capacity of Australians with disability to participate in and contribute to the community.

A 22 year-old Bendigo man has been charged by the NDIS Fraud Taskforce with eight offences of allegedly attempting to defraud the Scheme of close to $500,000.

Funding of $2.8 million will be provided to assist the Queensland disability sector prepare for Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) grant funding under the NDIS in 2019-20.

From October 2019, a new option for the funding and supply of nominated AT supports between $1,500 to $5,000 was introduced. This funding option is limited to nine new general AT items and will only be funded if itemised as a reasonable and necessary item within a participant’s NDIS plan.

On 28 September 2018 The Australian published an article which included information about the profile of the National Disability Insurance Agency's (NDIA) expenditure. The NDIA is unable to reconcile the expense data provided in The Australian article. In the interest of transparency, the NDIA is providing the details of its operating costs to ensure the correct facts are on the record.

From 1 July 2020, providers operating in Western Australia (WA) are required to register with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission), instead of the NDIA.

The Hon Jane Prentice MP, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services, will today launch the NDIA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Strategy and Rural and Remote Strategy in Cairns.