‘Parasitic pen pushers’ are dodging paying taxes and ripping off people with disabilities — and getting paid a half-a-billion dollars to do it. The powerful Fraud Fusion Taskforce has set its sights ...

The family of a 27-year-old NDIS recipient whose plan is worth $670,000 a year fear he's been preyed upon by unscrupulous providers, who they allege have lured him away from his authorised carer. Mike ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Replacing intermediaries in the National Disability Insurance Scheme with trained plan co-ordinators could save taxpayers up to $5 ...

The beginning of the year naturally lends itself to introspection and goal-setting, making it a good time for NDIS participants to take a thorough plan review.

It included $3000 for speech therapy and $15,000 for behavioural support. At the time he was an adult living in his own home and holding down a mainstream job. What he actually needed and asked for ...

Billions of dollars a year in NDIS funding is being needlessly spent on middlemen plan managers charging “trail fees” and support co-ordinators who earn as much as junior doctors, an expert in the ...

Karen R Fisher receives funding from Australian Research Council, state and federal governments and disability organisations. Eloise Hummell works for Griffith University on projects funded by the ...