The NDIS agency is on track to rack up nearly $50m in lawyers fees this financial year to fight against people with a disability and their advocates appealing cuts to support packages.in the number of NDIS participants challenging decisions to reduce their funding. Critics argue people with disability and their advocates, who often are not lawyers, are being pitted against solicitors from some of Australia’s top firms.
, according to a report commissioned by the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption. The report by law expert Prof Anne Twomey argues thatafter assessments against clear criteria. Twomey will present her report at a forum organised by Icac on Friday, in which a group of experts will explore whether the practice of pork-barrelling is lawful and ethical, and whether it could constitute corrupt conduct under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act.
Australia’s new climate minister has vowed to quickly cut taxes on electric vehicles and meet with state counterparts to address a “real vacuum of national leadership” on energy,Produce prices are expected to remain high despite Australian farmers setting up for a third bumper season of crops in a row.mean high yields will be unlikely to provide relief at the cash register.