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The New SIL Standards Are Here. Is Your Team Ready?
How the NGO Training Centre is helping providers meet Module 5A, and why our suite of courses matters more than ever. From 1 July 2026, the disability sector entered a new…
BREAKING NEWS: CHSP Has Been Extended To 2029
On 20 August 2026, the government confirmed that the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) will keep operating in its current form until at least 30 June 2029. If your CHSP…
NDIS Reform Passes the Senate: What It Means for Providers
Well, it’s happened. On 18 August 2026, the Senate passed the federal government’s NDIS reform package, with the Coalition voting alongside Labor. The bill heads back to the lower house…
World Humanitarian Day: Leaving No One Behind
Every year on 19 August, World Humanitarian Day recognises the people who respond when crisis hits, and the millions of lives caught up in disasters and conflict around the world….
Never Give Up Day: Honouring Resilience in the Disability Community
Every year on 18 August, we celebrate Never Give Up Day, a global event about determination, resilience, and the perseverance it takes to keep going when things are hard. It…
Supported Decision-Making: The Standard Everyone Is Now Being Audited Against
Supported Decision-Making is available now as an individual course, as part of our SIL Pathway and within our Disability and Aged Care training packages, with completion records and certificates in…
Productivity Isn’t About Doing More With Less. It’s About Equipping the Team You Already Have!
Productivity isn’t about doing more with less; it’s about maximising output from what you already have access to! In Australia, economists have been sounding the alarm for a while now. The…
Meet Our Subject Matter Experts – Part 15: Stephanie Watts
Meet Stephanie Watts: Aged Care Specialist and Subject Matter Expert. Some people know aged care from the inside out, and Stephanie Watts is one of them. She is a registered…
NAIDOC Week 2026: 50 Years of Deadly
5–12 July 2026 This week marks five decades of NAIDOC. Fifty years of Elders, organisers and communities carrying this forward. We’re using the week to name a gap the sector hasn’t…
Mandatory registration is coming. Here’s what it actually asks of you.
In December 2025, the Minister for the NDIS confirmed that supported independent living (SIL) providers and platform providers must register with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. That requirement starts…
World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day falls on 20 June 2026, and 2026 marks seventy-five years since the world adopted the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Born from the ruins…
A Day of Empowerment, Education and Community at the Aged Care and Disability Expo
Today I had the pleasure of attending the Aged Care and Disability Expo in Bendigo, VIC – a vibrant, full-day event of connection held from 9 AM to 3 PM…
Meet Our Subject Matter Experts – Part 14: Lusie Glogovac
Meet one of the Experts Behind Our Aged Care Suite: Thirty years of nursing, leadership and dementia care expertise, built into every course. Behind every great training course is someone…
This Pride Month, Let’s Talk About Better Care
This Pride Month, Let’s Talk About Better Care. June is Pride Month, and it is a moment worth pausing on. It also feels like the right time to talk about…
Why Invest in Training Before June 30th
Investing in NGO Training Centre’s NDIS-compliant and My Aged Care-compliant online courses before June 30th isn’t just good workforce development; it’s a legitimate, ATO-recognised business expense that reduces your tax…
NDIS Practice Standards Reform – What Providers Need to Know Before 1st July 2026
If you deliver NDIS supports, change is coming, and for one group of providers, it’s coming fast. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission is reforming the NDIS Practice Standards: the…
All In for National Reconciliation Week 2026
From 27 May to 3 June each year, Australians come together to recognise and reflect during National Reconciliation Week 2026. It is a significant time to learn about our shared…
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Why NGO Xpress Is the Compliance Training Upgrade Your Organisation Can’t Afford to Skip
If I told you that you could improve business operations, boost compliance, increase audit readiness, and improve staff morale by cutting costs, would that sound too good to be true?…
Meet Our Subject Matter Experts – Part 13: Steven Paull
At the NGO Training Centre, we are privileged to have such an experienced individual provide subject matter expertise to our courses, specifically in the disability sector. Steven Paull spent many…
The Registration Wave Is Coming, and We Are Here For You.
In the coming months, providers will face the reality that what was once a ‘nice to have’ – NDIS registration – is now being mandated by the NDIA Quality and…
