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Morning Mail: NDIS call centre staff ‘burnt out’; the rise of AI in Australian schools; armed man killed at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

The Observer 22 Feb 2026
As we continue our investigation into government agencies’ use of outsourced call centre workers, we focus today on NDIS call handlers who describe being burned out amid intense pressure to hit their targets.
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‘I did this to help and now I’m the one who’s going to need help’: NDIS call handlers describe pressure cooker workplace

The Observer 22 Feb 2026
There is a checklist of horrors that call handlers on the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) phone lines hear about ... The agencies make various pledges, with the NDIS publicly committed to answering 80% of calls within 60 seconds.
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YWECARE Expands Across Australia as Demand Grows for Transparent and Accountable NDIS Providers

Nasdaq Globe Newswire 20 Feb 2026
YWECARE Emerges as One of Australia’s Fast-Growing NDIS Providers. YWECARE Emerges as One of Australia’s Fast-Growing NDIS Providers ... .
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Public Servant Charged Over Alleged NDIS Fraud, $5 Million Considered Suspicious

The Epoch Times 19 Feb 2026
Police alleged he used his position to refer vulnerable members of the community to a registered NDIS provider business that he co-owned.
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Darwin public servant arrested for alleged $5m NDIS fraud

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 Feb 2026
A 47-year-old Darwin public servant has been arrested for allegedly defrauding $5 million from the National Disability Insurance Scheme ... .
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Darwin man charged over abuse of public office, $5 million in suspicious NDIS claims identified (AFP - Australian Federal Police)

Public Technologies 18 Feb 2026
Anyone with information about suspected fraud involving the NDIS should contact the NDIS fraud reporting and scams helpline on 1800 650 717, an interpreter service is available at 13 14 50, email ...
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'Predatory' NDIS providers targeting remote communities with gifts

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Feb 2026
People with disabilities in remote Northern Territory communities are being targeted by unscrupulous NDIS providers using high-pressure sales tactics and inducements including cash, cigarettes and alcohol, an ABC investigation can reveal ... .
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Former director of NDIS provider charged with dishonesty offences (ASIC - Australian Securities and Investments Commission)

Public Technologies 10 Feb 2026
... Kete Attrill-Green) was the director of Links Support and Consulting Services Pty Ltd which operated as an unregistered provider of services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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Australians living with disability at risk of exploitation by NDIS providers breaching consumer laws (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission)

Public Technologies 09 Feb 2026
... or services not supplied or delayed Concerns about misleading claims in relation to Specialist Disability Accommodation Impacts on First Nations NDIS participants Scams affecting NDIS participants.
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Morning Mail: ‘sense of doom’ for NDIS families, Gout Gout out of Commonwealth Games, Coalition back but can Ley survive?

The Observer 08 Feb 2026
NDIS participants, and their families, have been left reeling by major changes to the massive disability support scheme ... Changes to the NDIS have been coming at breakneck speed as the government looks to cut costs.
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‘Overwhelming sense of doom’: NDIS support cuts leave families in fear – and there are more to come

The Observer 08 Feb 2026
The Australian government had passed new legislation related to the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) and she was terrified it would strip her sister Claire* of the essential supports that enabled her to live a beautiful and rich life.
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Dodgy doctors who targeted NDIS clients are shifting to veterans

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 07 Feb 2026
Fraudsters taking advantage of people with disability now appear to be targeting veterans, prompting a $200 million crackdown by the federal government ... .
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How will Labor’s Thriving Kids work and who is still eligible for the NDIS?

The Guardian 04 Feb 2026
New services will move children under nine with mild developmental delays and autism off the NDIS ... ....
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Model released for NDIS alternative for some autistic children

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 03 Feb 2026
The federal government reveals how its NDIS alternative for some children under eight will work ... .
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