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• Officially launched in July 2013, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) reached full rollout in 2020.
• A decade later, Australians with disability, their families, advocates and support providers are waiting for the NDIS independent review and Disability Royal Commission findings, both due around October.

The goal posts

• It would be administered at the federal level with joint funding from state and territory governments.
• It would also aim to foster inclusion and community awareness and provide information and referrals to services outside the NDIS (such as health and education).
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  Part-time work is valuable to people with disability – but full time is more likely to attract government support

Debates and controversies

• But in 2022, the NDIS Act 2013 was changed to embed the principle of co-design into the legislation and new funding followed.
• Read more:
  A disabled NDIA chair is a great first move in the NDIS reset.
• Now expected to cost A$50 billion by 2025, the NDIS will overtake the cost of Medicare or defence.
• In our research, incorporating the lived experience of NDIS participants, some people have said their lives have been transformed through the NDIS.
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  What we know about the NDIS cuts, and what they'll mean for people with disability and their families

Untapped potential

• Boosting the NDIA workforce, as announced by NDIS Minister Bill Shorten, should help and also reduce mistakes and delays.
• And there needs to be capacity development for NDIS participants.
• Read more:
  The government says NDIS supports should be 'evidence-based' – but can they be?

A new decade

• It is clear NDIS reform will stay front-of-mind for some time yet.
• It is crucial people with disability remain central and involved in genuinely co-designing the second decade of the NDIS and beyond.

• The average annual household energy bill (including the fixed daily amount that you pay regardless of energy use) will fall by 17% from £2,500 to £2,074.
• The cap has been lowered because wholesale energy prices (the price at which your supplier buys energy) are falling and may be stabilising.
• And even if your bill is falling, the drop may bring no sudden relief for several reasons.

Energy bills fall but squeeze on budgets remains

• The energy bill support scheme which gave every household a £400 discount on their bill last winter ended in March 2023.
• This, along with the emergency price guarantee replacing Ofgem’s price cap, kept bills lower than they would otherwise have been.
• Second, the energy bills of businesses that supply goods and services – for example, producing and transporting the food you buy in supermarkets – are not covered by the cap.

Households are conserving energy

• Energy bills are a big expense for most households at the moment, but moreso for those on lower incomes and those who can’t avoid using a lot of energy, perhaps due to medical equipment.
• For better-off households, that meant cutting wasteful use – whereas in poorer homes, it probably meant underheating.

Ensure your direct debit reflects your energy use

• For those paying for energy via direct debit, it’s worth checking that your monthly payments are reasonable for the amount of energy you are actually using.
• My family’s own efforts to conserve energy over the winter meant we built up quite a substantial credit across our electricity and gas accounts.
• There is still much to be done to ensure sustainable, accessible and affordable energy for all in the UK.