Australia news live: wait times balloon for at-home aged care; national cabinet to discuss NDIS and health funding deal

PM will also push states and territories to work out details of looming gun buyback program. Follow today’s news updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn 2024-25, there were more than 2.3m incidents of unauthorised use of restrictive practices against NDIS participants, including locking people in rooms, sedated with medicine, or physically holding them down.Across the year 739,418 people were affected by unauthorised restraints, which were then reported to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NQSC).This is a national shame. Eight months is far too long for someone in their 80s or 90s to have to wait for help.The shortage of aged care is the direct and intended consequence of Labor’s decision to ‘ration’ care through the limited release of home care packages. Continue reading...