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25/01/2022
National COVID-19 Update: Rapid antigen tests can now be claimed by participant
NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds has announced participants are now able to claim the cost of rapid antigen tests from their core budgets. NDS has written to the Minister and NDIA outlining the limitations...
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25/01/2022
ABC Radio Perth—Response to the WA border not reopening
NDS chief executive Laurie Leigh spoke with ABC Radio in WA on Friday after Premier Mark McGowan announced the border would not reopen on 5 Feb due to low booster vaccination rates.
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24/01/2022
ACT COVID-19 update: Priority boosters for disability workers
Priority COVID-19 booster vaccination appointments are now available for disability workers in the ACT.
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Improving healthy eating for people with disability
NDS is delivering a two-year program to help improve healthy eating for people with disability through funding from the Department of Health.
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Tasmania Disability Interface Meeting 12 January 2022
Interface meeting between leaders from Tasmanian disability service providers and Public Health on 12 January to discuss COVID-19 workforce issues and access to rapid antigen and PCR tests.
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Member Webinar: NDIS New Practice Standards
In this webinar, members will learn about the NDIS new practice standards and Quality Indicators.
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Living with COVID-19: Information sharing and collaboration series
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Victoria (online)
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28/01/2022
In light of the current COVID-19 situation in Victoria, NDS is recommencing interactive webinars for disability services in Victoria.
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NSW Senior Leader Meeting: COVID-19 and emergency preparedness
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1/02/2022
Join colleagues and the NDIS Commission for a discussion of the impact of COVID-19 and the new emergency and disaster management practice standards.
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Managing COVID-19 in Queensland
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Queensland (online)
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1/02/2022
NDS is hosting a series of webinars on managing COVID-19 in Queensland. Topics include the first 24 hours; managing workforce risks in COVID positive scenarios; infection Control; and business...
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Media release
16/12/2021
Peak body for disability providers calls on the Federal Government to recognise value of NDIS – not just the cost
NDS is dismayed with misleading claims in the MYEFO about the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s impact on the Federal Budget.
Media release
7/12/2021
Shocking new data shows the disability sector is frustrated, distressed and pessimistic
"It’s been a difficult year for disability service providers and most expect 2022 to be worse": Shocking new data shows the disability sector is frustrated, distressed and pessimistic.
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11/11/2021
Unauthorised restrictive practices: interpreting the data
Oversimplifying this complex issue is unhelpful for people with disability and those who support them.
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4/11/2021
New Modelling Shows $52 Billion Benefit of NDIS. Sector Launches Election Campaign to Warn of Impact of Scheme Cuts
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is delivering $2.25 to the Australian economy for every dollar being spent, according to new modelling released today, in a landmark report titled False Economy.
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30/06/2021
'Rightfully anxious': Decision on mandatory vax for aged care workers must extend to disability
The Government must consider making the COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for people working within the disability sector off the back of the recent decision to do so for residential aged care workers.
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11/05/2021
2021 Federal budget: An NDIS cost blowout or just natural growth as planned?
NDS is calling for all political parties to 'drop the politics' after it was revealed the NDIS scheme’s recent blowout saga was consistent with forecasted scheme growth.
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11/03/2021
NDS calls for rollout of compulsory NDIS assessments to cease
"This is not the NDIS that was promised": peak body National Disability Services says planned independent assessments will "fundamentally alter the individualised and personalised nature of the NDIS".
Media release
17/02/2021
National Disability Services: vaccine must be mandatory
Well before the 'Eagle landed' with the first pallet of Australia's COVID-19 vaccines, National Disability Services (NDS) and its members were grappling with the question of whether vaccination for disability...
Media release
7/12/2020
Disability services sector surviving, not thriving
Seven years into the NDIS and Australia's disability service sector seems to be faring comparatively better – but still operating well short of full strength.
Media release
13/11/2020
People with disability must be top priority for COVID vaccine
NDS, today called upon National Cabinet to ensure people with disability, their families, carers and the workers who support them, are given priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available.
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