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In 2024, under Bill Shorten, a new taskforce was launched to crack down on price discrimination by NDIS providers. This will target providers that charge participants different prices depending on if they receive NDIS funding. [111]
Tracy Mackey served as the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner from January 2022 to March 2024. Michael Phelan served as Interim NDIS Commissioner from March to September 2024, and Louise Glanville commenced as the new NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner in October 2024, serving alongside Natalie Wade as Associate Commissioner. [11]
1 November – Sally Sara is named as the new host of RN Breakfast on ABC Radio National, succeeding Patricia Karvelas from 20 January 2025. [442] The new program will also have a new start time of 5:30am in 2025. [442] 3 November – Coldplay frontman Chris Martin falls through a hole in the stage while performing at Marvel Stadium in ...
The Benevolent Society is the largest provider of disability services in NSW. It has been an approved NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) provider since 2016, working to help people transition to the NDIS and providing many of the services under the scheme. The Benevolent Society offers these services: physiotherapy; speech therapy
The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Amanda Rishworth following her swearing-in on 20 January 2025 as a result of a cabinet reshuffle prompted by the retirement of the previous minister, Bill Shorten.
In relation to disability funding, the government announced price increases of up to 22 per cent for NDIS service providers, though it was criticised for a $1.6 billion under-spend on the scheme in the budget. Labor argued the under-spend was due to the government's desire for a surplus budget, though the government countered that by arguing no ...
The 2024 indexation rate is 3.5% and is applied to most general practitioner, allied health and medical imaging services from 1 July 2024. [ 63 ] The AMA continues to petitions yearly for increases to MBS payments for services provided by its members, taking the stance that the MBS payments are decreasing in real terms due to annual inflation ...
It found that in the healthy lives category, "Australia ranks highest, scoring first or second on all three indicators", although its overall ranking in the study was below the UK and Germany systems, tied with New Zealand's and above those of Canada and far above the U.S. [57] [58] A new study published in July 2017 as part of the same 'Mirror ...