The revelations – including providers taking participants to ATMs to withdraw cash for drugs – add to debates about limiting growth of the $45 billion scheme.
The foreign affairs minister accused Greens politicians of encouraging violent pro-Palestine protesters in fiery scenes at Senate estimates.
The Australian government has committed another $15 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza,which has so far been used to fund water tanks and body bags in Gaza hospitals.
Australia’s mechanism to deport migrant families with disabled children requiring costly care will be reviewed in return for the Greens’ support for Labor’s Pacific visa lottery.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese labelled the attacks abhorrent and Jewish groups have warned against drawing equivalences with Israel’s response.
About 280,000 children and 530,000 adults in Australia have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,but fewer than 5000 are on the NDIS.
New analysis found 43,000 people were not participating in the workforce due to neglect and 23,000 young people weren’t completing year 12 because of low expectations and bullying.
More than 10 Labor MPs attended a meeting with Mental Health Minister about the decision to halve the number of psychologist sessions a year under Medicare from 20 to 10.
Lowering the voting age will be one of the first issues put to parliament in the new year.
The agency that runs the National Disability Insurance Scheme has lost up to 40 legal staff over recent months amid record numbers of appeals of its decisions.
But the agency defended the spending saying it pays market rates for lawyers,and NDIS-related tribunal hearings made up only a fraction of all NDIS participants.