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Today the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 was introduced to the House of Representatives. It has been referred to the Senate for a full committee inquiry, with a turnaround that gives the sector very little time to respond. Community Mental Health Australia has been closely tracking the […]

Today’s announcement by Hon Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Ageing and Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme marks a significant moment for Australia’s disability and mental health landscape, one the community mental health sector has long anticipated, and one that will raise as many questions as it answers. One question that […]

People with disability, families, kin and organisations are appalled and outraged by the actions taken by the National Disability Insurance Agency to remove a person with disability from the National Disability Insurance Scheme in apparent retaliation for expressing their views on social media about the Scheme. Early this week, a group of Disability Representative Organisations […]