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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....

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...

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...

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...

A fairer NDIS / PIAC case study - NDIS funding for a psychiatric assistance animal

In 2022, PIAC supported a client who was appealing an NDIA decision to refuse funding for a psychiatric assistance animal....

A fairer NDIS / Melbourne woman wins battle against National Disability Insurance Agency for mental health assistance dog

Since being brought home as a pup, Toby has completed hundreds of training hours through psychiatric assistance dog association Mind...

A fairer NDIS / The NDIA’s faulty guidelines on assistance animals are forcing people to battle for critical support

A recent case in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has exposed the National Disability Insurance Agency’s faulty policy on psychiatric...

A fairer NDIS / 2SER interview: Parliamentary inquiry into the capability and culture of the NDIA

A Federal Parliamentary Committee is holding an inquiry into the capability and culture of the NDIA, the agency responsible for...

A fairer NDIS / NDIA inquiry presents an opportunity to put people ahead of process

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) will call for the NDIA to take a people-centred approach to decision-making at its...

A fairer NDIS / How government is tracking on NDIS recommendations

Our NDIS Tracker helps advocates hold government to account in relation to NDIS policy and law reform recommendations. Developed with...