The COAG Disability Reform Council met by telepresence on 9 April 2020. The focus of the meeting was on the national response to the coronavirus pandemic, in particular the effects of the response on people with disability.
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.
Property and luxury vehicles worth an estimated $340,000 have been forfeited to the Commonwealth following an investigation by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Fraud Taskforce.
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Recognising a need for connection in a time of isolation, NDIS provider Valued Lives has set up virtual lunch catch ups, and an evening ‘PJs’ catch up, which are now open to people with a disability, their families and carers all around Australia.
The NDIA has listened to feedback from all stakeholders about how the Scheme and Agency can operate in the best interests of people with disability, and begun to implement a range of significant improvements aimed at making the NDIS a better experience for all.
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.