A fairer NDIS / Changes to the NDIS Act Explained with Expert Lawyers PIAC Senior Solicitor Mitchell Skipsey and disability law expert Dr Darren O’Donovan joined Dr George Taleporos’ Reasonable and Necessary podcast... 17 Apr 2024 A fairer NDIS / Explainer: Understanding the NDIS Review This article is available as a PDF: Explainer_Understanding the NDIS review The Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme,... 19 Dec 2023 A fairer NDIS / 2SER: Fighting the NDIS age cap at the UN PIAC is representing Dr Peter Freckleton in a discrimination complaint to the UN. After contracting polio when he was six-years-old, Peter... 17 Nov 2023 A fairer NDIS / UN asked to rule on whether NDIS age cap is a human rights breach Dr Peter Freckleton, an Australian with a severe and permanent disability, is alleging the Australian Government is discriminating against him... 2 Nov 2023 A fairer NDIS / Age discrimination complaints on NDIS age cap taken to the United Nations When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) rolled out 10 years ago, Peter Freckleton had hopes it would change his... 31 Oct 2023 A fairer NDIS / 2SER: the Disability Royal Commission calls for fundamental reform After four years of often harrowing evidence from people with disability, 32 public hearings and nearly 8,000 submissions, the Disability... 5 Oct 2023 A fairer NDIS / Improving access to specialist disability accommodation A new report from PIAC and the Housing Hub shows that successful advocacy has led to improvements in NDIA decision-making.... 7 Sep 2023 A fairer NDIS / 2SER: Investing in the NDIS The NDIS supports more than half a million Australians living with disability. It provides funding for services and supports so... 6 Apr 2023 A fairer NDIS / Many families in Australia need our government to support the NDIS Opinion by Jonathon Hunyor, PIAC CEO The National Disability Insurance Scheme was set up to give independence and improved quality... 27 Mar 2023 A fairer NDIS / NDIS: 2022 The Year In Review 2022 has been a year of significant change to the laws, policies and practices governing the National Disability Insurance Scheme... 22 Dec 2022