FINANCE NEWS | TALKING DISABILITY

Low income Australians, including those on the Disability Support Pension, are set to receive a $500 handout from December. [Source:iStock]

Federal Budget leaves the nation’s vulnerable “high and dry”, say community peak bodies

Tags Finance Accessibility Posted 1 month ago

Low income Australians, including those on the Disability Support Pension, are set to receive a $500 handout from Dec… Read more

"The lack of sustainability of the disability insurance market is one of the most pressing issues for life insurers today." (Source: iStock)

Disability insurance companies running "at risk of failure"

Tags Finance Posted 2 months ago by Liz Alderslade

Concerns have been raised by the Actuaries Institute about the sustainability of the disability insurance market, whi… Read more

“In one home I worked, residents were isolated after testing, and many workers didn’t want to work because they were worried about their own or a family member's health." (iStock)

Disability workers face uncertainty and risk of illness due to COVID-19, survey says

Tags Finance Accessibility Mental Health Research Industry Posted 3 months ago by Rebecca St Clair

A new national survey of Disability Support Workers (DSWs) has found that workers are facing financial hardship, unce… Read more

Only 0.5 percent of rentals, 326 out of 69,997, in Australia are affordable for someone receiving the Disability Support Pension. (Source: Shutterstock)

A chronic shortage of affordable private rentals leaving people with disability behind

Tags Finance Accessibility Accommodation Research Posted 6 months ago by Rebecca St Clair

The 2020 Anglicare Australia Rental Affordability Snapshot has revealed a chronic shortage of affordable private rent… Read more

[The increase of the market and business available is to ensure NDIS participants are able to have greater choice and control in accessing services.] (Source: Shutterstock)

Businesses awarded grants to help build the NDIS provider market

Tags NDIS Finance Industry Posted 10 months ago by Rebecca St Clair

446 businesses across Australia will share in approximately $9 million of funding from the Government to help their t… Read more

The Government says in their final budget outcome that States and Territories were to blame for this underspend of funds plus the slow transition of people across to the NDIS. [Source: Shutterstock]

Government budget balance result of "short-changing" and underspending on NDIS

Tags NDIS Finance Posted 1 year ago by Liz Alderslade

The Federal Government recently announced that they have put the budget into surplus, but outlined that an estimated … Read more

The report findings says if the Government spent an additional $3.1 billion a year on the Disability Support Pension, it would halve the standard of living gap for households. [Shutterstock]

Disability advocates call for urgent review of Disability Support Pension

Tags Finance Posted 1 year ago by Liz Alderslade

A new report released has found people with disability spend $107 a week more on their basic living costs than Austra… Read more

There are now almost 750,000 DSP and 200,000 NSA recipients of working age who have work capacity restrictions [Source: Shutterstock]

Study seeks to understand the health of Australians receiving Government support

Tags Conditions Finance Mental Health Employment Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

A newly released study will help understand the health of the more than 1.4 million Australians receiving Newstart Al… Read more

The resource aims to help people with intellectual disability become more financially independent [Source: Shutterstock]

New resource to boost financial independence

Tags Finance Education Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

People with living intellectual disability can learn how to manage their own finances and make monetary decisions wit… Read more

The project will develop and evaluate ways to support children with autism as they learn to read and write [Source: Shutterstock]

Funding to deliver project helping develop literacy skills of children with autism

Tags Finance Autism Education Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

Sydney researchers have secured funding for a project aiming to develop and evaluate ways to support children with au… Read more

From 1 October the NDIS will fund continence supports including catheter changes and cleaning [Source: Shutterstock]

NDIS and health services to provide disability-related health supports

Tags NDIS Conditions Finance Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and health services will now work together to support people with dis… Read more

The grants are the first under the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s new four-year $17.6 million investment in building capacity amongst NDIS providers [Source: Shutterstock]

Organisations receive funding to develop resources and tools to build provider capacity

Tags NDIS Finance Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

Ten peak disability bodies and organisations will receive a share of $5.7 million in funding under the National Disab… Read more

A number of initiatives will be implemented over a six month period to resolve delays and waiting lists for children with disability in accessing ECEI under the NDIS [Source: Shutterstock]

Plan to help children access early intervention supports, quicker

Tags NDIS Finance Accessibility Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

A new plan by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) will help children with disability access Early Childho… Read more

The significant price increases effective 1 July 2019 will positively impact all participants and disability service providers [Source: Shutterstock]

New NDIS price guide gives rural and regional providers a pay rise

Tags NDIS Finance Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

Disability service providers servicing areas considered remote and very remote will receive double the income for the… Read more

These grants will help organisations deliver disability services to regional and rural Victorian communities [Source: Shutterstock]

Grants help NDIS provide better supports in regional Victoria

Tags NDIS Finance Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

Organisations providing disability support services in regional Victoria could soon benefit from grants helping incre… Read more

The report which collected data from 1 January 2019 - 31 March 2019 shows the NDIS welcomed more people with disability in the March quarter than during its trial phase [Source: Shutterstock]

NDIS Quarterly Report shows improved participant experience but issues remain

Tags NDIS Finance Research Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Quarterly Report has shown a record 32,000 participants entered the S… Read more

The Government is expected to allocate a staggering $527 million to the inquiry overshadowing Royal Commissions into Banking, Child Abuse and Aged Care [Source: Shutterstock]

Disability Royal Commission funding breaks records

Tags Finance Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

The funding allocation for the Royal Commission into the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against people wit… Read more

The South Australian Government is calling on people with disability to have their input on the State's inclusive future [Source: Shutterstock]

Consultation opens for South Australia’s first State Disability Inclusion Plan

Tags Finance Accessibility Research Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

Consultation for South Australia’s first Disability Inclusive Plan has opened, to promote a more inclusive communit… Read more

Advocacy organisations and people with disability joined a rally in February calling for ongoing Government support [Source: PDCNSW]

Fight for NSW disability advocacy funding continues

Tags Finance Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

Disability advocates and organisations are desperate to secure funding for New South Wales (NSW) disability advocacy,… Read more

A number of changes will help eligible NDIS participants access SDA housing [Source: Shutterstock]

New reforms to Specialist Disability Accommodation announced

Tags NDIS Finance Accessibility Accommodation Posted 1 year ago by Nicole Pope

The announcement of new reforms to Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) will address the outcomes of a review by… Read more