The network is made up of BuyAbility Social Enterprises, which employ people with disability in supported working environments. By purchasing goods and services from the BuyAbility Social Enterprises you are supporting people with disability to participate in the workforce like their family, friends and neighbours. Find a location in Queensland.

We all take risks and want to be the boss of our own lives. But how can providers and support workers strike a balance between supporting people to take risks and meeting their duty of care obligations?

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has now published the 4th annual report for Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 Outcomes Framework, which highlights key activities in 2025.

While aggregate underspend is widely reported, far less attention has been paid to how utilisation varies across participants with some exhausting their budgets while many use only a small share. This may reflect poor targeting, access constraints, difficulties in navigating the system or features of plan design. This note examines how budget utilisation varies across individuals, budgets and plan structures.

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The Conversation looks at what we know about Thriving Kids

The Nest newsletter aims to improve health, enable early intervention, and create optimal conditions for all children and young people to thrive!

There are few questions in disability supports more contentious than this: Can support workers be friends with the people they support, or does this cross a boundary?

Strong Futures Start Here is designed to empower First Nations health and social service employers to take practical steps to undertake workforce planning and activities to build a strong and sustainable workforce. By applying the guide, workforce planning is achievable to build strong futures that are skilled, culturally connected, celebrated, supported, and sustainable, laying the foundation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business and communities to thrive.

Provider Digital Access (PRODA) is being replaced with myID and Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM). All providers and their employees who access NDIS provider portals need to complete the transition to myID and RAM before 10 November 2025 to maintain access to the NDIA provider portals. myID is the Australian Government’s Digital ID app used to verify your identity.  RAM is an authorisation service that allows you to act on behalf of a business online when linked with your Digital ID.