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Government plans 'standardised' assessment for NDIS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... impact on the lives of participants and their families," the budget read. Last month, Minister for health and ageing Mark Butler said NDIS is "one of Australia's great human rights achievements" and was created with goodwill, it has strayed too far ...

Government to commit $3.7bn to strengthen aged care access

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... Support program from 11 to 20 locations nationally. This was previously flagged by minister for health and ageing Mark Butler's speech at the National Press Club last month, who also announced the removal of the increased rebate for those over 65 for ...

Government aims to 're-make' NDIS, redirect funding to aged care

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
Speaking at the National Press Club on Wednesday, minister for health and ageing Mark Butler said he will soon introduce a bill to ensure the sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), seeing about 160,000 recipients' entitlements ...

Aged care reforms pushed to November

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... government has made no secret of the fact that this is an incredibly ambitious reform," ministers for health and ageing Mark Butler said. "These are once-in-a-generation reforms, which put older Australians at the centre of aged care. "We want to make ...

Bombora, Morrows partner on risk advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... leveraging the expertise of both firms to deliver tailored risk advice. The business will be led by Cameron Peck and Mark Butler. Both Peck and Butler bring more than 20 years' experience in advice and are currently directors of Safeguard Life in ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... thousands of dollars and will be needed for those who have a preferred care accommodation in mind," Galagher said. Mark Butler, Minister for Ageing commented last week on the price of accommodation bonds to secure a nursing home bed, referring to Productivity ...

Re-financing of aged care announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... report recommends that accommodation and living expenses would be met by the individual. The Minister for Ageing, Mark Butler says the report also recommends the creation of a new regulator which would oversee the indutry and set prices. "Although the ...
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