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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.
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 ...
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A change to superannuation arrangements came about in 1983 through an agreement between the government and the trade unions; in the Prices and Incomes Accord, the trade unions agreed to forgo a national 3% pay increase which would be put into the new superannuation system for all employees in Australia. [6]