The Department of Social Services, National Disability Insurance Agency, Department of Education and National Indigenous Australians Agency have partnered, in consultation with representatives from the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, to develop resources to support inclusion of children in mainstream ECEC settings. Read More
NDIS providers can now apply for reimbursement of payment made to eligible disability workers unable to attend work due to a COVID-19 infection. Read More
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Review has reached a milestone today, releasing a report on what they have heard so far. Read More
The Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth, today awarded funding of $797,587 to Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) to deliver a new disability youth leadership program. Read More
Disability Ministers came together in Canberra last Friday to set collective priorities for the year ahead, focused on improving the lives of people with disability. Read More
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to develop an Early Years Strategy with public consultation now underway ahead of the major Early Years Summit to b Read More
Minister Rishworth met with fellow Commonwealth, state and territory Community Services Ministers in-person at Parliament House, Canberra on 31 January 2023. Read More
The Albanese Labor Government will continue its commitment to leaving no one behind and holding no one back by progressing a National Autism Strategy and committing further funds to the Autism Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Read More
Placing people living with disability at the centre of the services they receive is a key pillar of a discussion paper on the proposed Disability Employment Services Quality Framework, released today for public consultation. Read More
The Albanese Labor Government is committed to improving the lives of Australians living with disability through research by today releasing two key projects that will help drive evidence-based policy reform. Read More