Yesterday
NDIS spending blows out by $5.4b
The budget reveals government spending on the NDIS ballooned by another 21 per cent in 2023-24, with the scheme tipped to cost $61 billion by 2027.
- Michael Read
This Month
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Labor’s plan to ‘restore faith’ in Qld
Anthony Albanese said Labor’s Future Made in Australia Act was key to “restore faith” with blue-collar Queenslanders, who deserted the party in 2019 over the confused position on the Adani coal mine.
- Phillip Coorey
Cash splash as Boomers hit the jackpot
After decades of saving, older Australians are spending up. But the wave of cash is causing headaches for the inflation-fighting treasurer and RBA. Can the good times last?
- Jacob Greber
PM blames DPP, bureaucrats for Perth couple bashing, detainee debacle
The Coalition has accused the government of duck-shoving accountability for its pledge to keep the community safe.
- Phillip Coorey
April
Millions wasted as NDIS scraps training program that produced nothing
Advocates have lashed the axing of the scheme that would have enabled people with disabilities to work in NDIS auditing teams.
- Gus McCubbing
- Updated
- Social media
Court grants injunction forcing X to take down terror video
The eSafety commissioner won an emergency injunction in the Federal Court late Monday to force Elon Musk’s X to remove videos globally of last week’s Sydney terrorist attack. But the order has limited application.
- Tess Bennett, Tom McIlroy and Nick Bonyhady
This former tennis champ is chasing unicorns and dancing pantless
Dylan Alcott has a dizzying list of achievements from 15 tennis Grand Slams to being Australian of the Year. Now, he’s chasing start-ups and performing with Jason Donovan.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
- Exclusive
- Disability
We got it wrong on ‘wasteful’ NDIS: former PC boss
Gary Banks has conceded the recommendation to create the National Disability Insurance Scheme was flawed, and has called for major reforms to limit eligibility.
- Michael Read
Geoff Wilson wants Bill Ackman’s very online notoriety
Funds management and dividend guru Geoff Wilson has logged on.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Almost one in three jobs created last year was for the NDIS
The growth in NDIS-related employment has masked the slowdown in private sector industries like construction, retail and manufacturing.
- Michael Read
AFR readers sceptical of Shorten’s NDIS promise
Almost 75 per cent of AFR readers doubt the Albanese government can reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme within five years.
- Tom Rabe
March
New rules aim to cut 11 per cent growth in NDIS plans
Experts say new powers to thwart unscrupulous care providers encouraging disabled people to overspend will help cap surging costs.
- Tom Burton
New sustainable NDIS scheme within five years: Shorten
NDIS participants will be moved to a revamped scheme over the next five years to weed out waste and fraud and return it to its original purpose.
- Phillip Coorey
Shorten stares down states’ revolt over NDIS
The federal government will forge ahead with legislation to try to bring the runaway National Disability Insurance Scheme under control.
- Phillip Coorey
February
Labor hyper-bowl misses the mark in Dunkley dust-up
Liberal candidate for Dunkley Nathan Conroy has come under fire for saying he ran a multimillion-dollar company at the age of 24. It was a bowls club.
- Gus McCubbing and Tom McIlroy
‘Beyond comprehension’: WA’s GST deal to blow out to $50b
Economists Saul Eslake and Chris Richardson say the cost of a GST deal negotiated by the Turnbull government to win votes in WA could blow out to $50 billion.
- Phillip Coorey and Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Disability
The Brit who predicted the NDIS disaster a decade ago
Dr Simon Duffy warned a decade ago that the design of the national disability insurance scheme created perverse incentives, leaving it flawed from day one.
- Tom Burton
January
Fears NDIS alternatives won’t be enough to stop scheme growth
Disability advocates warn that reforms to prepare schools for a large number of children with autism will take too long and not be adequate to stem the growth of the NDIS.
- Tom Burton
NDIS cost could blow out to $125b a year
The annual bill for the National Disability Insurance Scheme is projected to blow out to more than $125 billion a year by 2034 amid warnings the number of participants could more than double.
- Tom Burton
WA Labor: tax changes could hurt Albanese in these seats in the west
The Albanese government’s move to overhaul the stage three tax cuts could see it punished by high earning mining workers scattered across several battleground seats in Western Australia.
- Tom Rabe
