Drugs,alcohol,rent,holidays and cars:Integrity chief reveals dodgy NDIS spending

Drugs,alcohol,rent,holidays and cars:Integrity chief reveals dodgy NDIS spending

The revelations – including providers taking participants to ATMs to withdraw cash for drugs – add to debates about limiting growth of the $45 billion scheme.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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‘Life-changing’ WA organisations ignored in federal funding face the chop
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‘Life-changing’ WA organisations ignored in federal funding face the chop

The state government has stepped in to question why WA organisations,including Developmental Disability WA,have been mostly forgotten in a recent federal funding round through the Department of Social Services.

  • byHolly Thompson
Disgraced union official sues for $1.3 million over denied claim for mental illness

Disgraced union official sues for $1.3 million over denied claim for mental illness

Kathy Jackson,the former Health Services Union national secretary,claims she was left unable to work two days after the union took steps to remove her over allegations of gross misconduct.

  • bySarah Danckert
This Brisbane CBD lift is so unreliable,it’s been out of service almost half the days in 2024

This Brisbane CBD lift is so unreliable,it’s been out of service almost half the days in 2024

Frequent outages at the lift – which links to a CityCat terminal and a busy bikeway – are so bad,some people avoid travelling that way.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Antisemitic chants could be banned under new hate speech laws

Antisemitic chants could be banned under new hate speech laws

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the government was also weighing whether people should face jail time for hate speech.

  • byMatthew Knott
Confessions of a disabled parking sticker offender
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Religion

Confessions of a disabled parking sticker offender

Last Sunday,I took my mother to church and committed many sins.

  • byMalcolm Knox
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Premiers urge Shorten to put the brakes on NDIS changes
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Premiers urge Shorten to put the brakes on NDIS changes

State and territory leaders have banded together to warn that Australians with a disability will be worse off unless the NDIS minister slows his plans to clamp down on the $44 billion program.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
They changed attitudes around the world. Now Back to Back tackles the 9 to 5

They changed attitudes around the world. Now Back to Back tackles the 9 to 5

Next month in Venice,the 37-year-old theatre troupe will pick up its latest international gong. But first comes a new play about workplace dynamics.

  • byJohn Bailey
Growing numbers of students with disability to cost $1.1 billion more in school funding

Growing numbers of students with disability to cost $1.1 billion more in school funding

As more students need help,budget figures raise the stakes in tense government negotiations over spending on schools and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
How the budget affects you – from students to retirees

How the budget affects you – from students to retirees

Young or old,single or married:this is how the 2024 budget will impact your life.

  • byRachel Clun andOlivia Ireland
Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ has been delayed. In the meantime,this is what locals want

Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ has been delayed. In the meantime,this is what locals want

Advocates have presented their Sydney Road wish list to the Victorian government,saying the delay is an opportunity for major change before the Upfield line is ripped up.

  • byPatrick Hatch