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 ...

‘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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...