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Toowoomba girl’s life transformed on NDIS journey

IN the past six months, 12-year-old Mia Pugno has taken steps her family never dreamt possible.

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29th Feb. 2020 11:02 AM

Mia Pugno's life has been transformed with help from Carer’s Queensland.

Dodgy NDIS providers preying on most vulnerable

A number of local examples have been highlighted in federal parliament.

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17th Feb. 2020 1:02 PM

One unregistered NDIS provider reportedly crossed professional and personal boundaries and developed a personal relationship with the participant.

How Brian turned his life around after accident

Bryan Flemming was a competitive motocross racer and coach before an accident left him with quadriplegia in 2009.

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17th Feb. 2020 5:02 AM

Bryan Flemming was a competitive motocross racer and coach before an accident left him with quadriplegia in 2009.

Multi-billion dollar NDIS scheme ‘riddled with fraud’

A former fraud investigator has blown the whistle of the extent of fraud dogging the multi-billion dollar National...

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16th Feb. 2020 11:02 AM

A former fraud investigator has blown the whistle of the extent of fraud dogging the multi-billion dollar National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Maryborough first to receive NDIS support team

‘This team will begin engaging with local disability service providers’

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07th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

Minister for Communities and Minister for Disability Services and Seniors, Coralee O’Rourke. File Photo

Cherbourg group gets a boost for transition to NDIS

Four Wide Bay organisations were the recipients of grants up to $20,000.

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23rd Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

BOOST UP: Cherbourg Well Being is one of the four recipients of the funding to help businesses transition to the NDIS. Picture: Tristan Evert

‘On verge of breakdown’ over NDIS support

Queenslanders desperate for help from the NDIS saying they are being left on the verge of “mental and emotional breakdowns”...

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21st Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

'It's criminal': Advocate slams NDIS deaths in Darling Downs

DARLING Downs residents have died waiting to join the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to a Toowoomba...

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16th Jan. 2020 10:01 AM

People need to seek help if they believe they should be eligible for the NDIS.

'Broken system': NDIS nightmare leaves sports star stranded

A Sunshine Coast Paralympian says she's been left stranded, unable to get home, after being failed by the National...

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16th Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

Marayke Jonkers pictured with Pat Donachie represented her country with pride and success. Now she’s trapped in Brisbane, unable to return to the Sunshine Coast from Brisbane after her old wheelchair broke and denied access to funding for a new one by the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Photo: Marion Jonkers

Rocky MP ‘sickened’ by shocking NDIS wait list death rate

Federal Government under pressure to fix NDIS where two Queenslanders are dying weekly while on the wait list.

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16th Jan. 2020 12:01 AM

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