Anne Connolly

An inquiry ordered following a Four Corners investigation into the Public Trustee concluded that the agency's actions "in the main … were appropriate". Refunds and a misplaced account tell a different story.

An ABC investigation has uncovered a probe into nepotism allegations against a senior executive of the Queensland Public Trustee whose son was employed and promoted by the agency.

Older Australians fear their voices are being drowned out in favour of powerful industry groups who have greater influence over government.

A damning review finds the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission failed to close a controversial program that put children with disabilities at risk of death despite reports from officials and families that it was using prohibited restraints. 

Three years after a bruising royal commission exposed substandard care leading to neglect and abuse in nursing homes, elderly Australians may be asked to fork out more money than ever before, writes Anne Connolly.

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Tracy Mackey announces she will “embark on new career opportunities” just two days before an independent report investigating a scandal exposed by Four Corners is due.

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Tracey Mackey announces she will “embark on new career opportunities” just two days before an independent report investigating a scandal exposed by Four Corners is due.

The head of the government watchdog for the NDIS swore and said she might have to resign after she discovered she had made a mistake in telling Four Corners the regulator had shut down a program where children with disabilities were abused, court documents allege.

The NDIS regulator commissions an independent inquiry after an ABC investigation found providers had unlawfully restrained children with disabilities in a manner that amounted to a breach of human rights.

The minister for the NDIS says an investigation may be needed following a Four Corners story that revealed children continued to be secluded in small, windowless rooms at a controversial autism service in Melbourne.