The Conversation

NDIS slashed and higher health insurance subsidy for over‑65s scrapped, in Health Minister Butler’s package

The government will slash spending in real terms on the National Disability Insurance Scheme over four years, as it undertakes a massive “reset” of the program. People with lower support needs will be ...
The Guardian

NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians

Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the government Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...
The Guardian

Today’s bloated NDIS would never have been greenlit, its former head says. How did we get here?

The Albanese government this week launched the most significant intervention in the disability support scheme’s history Labor’s NDIS cuts: here’s what we know so far Get our breaking news email, free ...
The Conversation

NDIS eligibility will be based on ‘functional capacity’, not diagnostic labels. But what does that mean?

This week the government unveiled plans to reduce the number of people in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by 160,000 over the next four years, a decision NDIS Minister Mark Butler has ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Labor's NDIS savings plan hinges on state-run supports

Labor's plan to rein in NDIS growth will result in more than 160,000 people shifting off the scheme, with states expected to deliver alternative "foundational supports". Experts and states warn ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NDIS unregistered provider crackdown coming, as Butler searches for more than $6b in savings

NDIS Minister Mark Butler will soon detail a new round of reforms to the disability scheme, with unregistered providers and pricing reforms top priorities. The vast majority of NDIS providers are ...
The Australian Financial Review

States face billions in NDIS costs if they refuse reforms

The Albanese government will tell the states they face paying billions more for disability care if they refuse to take responsibility for children with autism and mild developmental conditions, ...
Sydney Morning Herald

NDIS overhaul is the biggest government cut this century. It had better work

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Health Minister Mark Butler will slash projected spending on the NDIS by $35 billion over the ...
The Australian Financial Review

Butler cleans up the NDIS mess Labor created

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler’s goal to remove 160,000 participants from the National Disability Insurance Scheme and stop an estimated 300,000 more people joining may seem like a brutal move ...
The Australian

The NDIS was a promise – now it’s a broken market

Today the NDIS is hardly meeting anyone’s expectations. Participants fear plan cuts, accredited not-for-profit providers are in their fifth consecutive year of deficits and the taxpayer has lost ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Labor’s sweeping NDIS overhaul to remove up to 300,000 from program in effort to save $35b

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The federal government will remove up to 300,000 people from the National Disability Insurance ...
The Australian

Budget 2026: Sweeping NDIS changes to cut scheme’s soaring costs

As NDIS and Health Minister Mark Butler prepares to lay out the roadmap to achieving Labor’s promise of slashing the scheme’s growth, analysis by The Australian shows the federal government would ...