Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending, Mark Butler concedes
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldMinister tells Guardian Australia despite substantial changes to disability scheme, it will remain one of best support services ‘anywhere in the world’
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Mark Butler has defended the government’s decision to trim the NDIS just days after announcing $53bn in new defence spending, with the health minister conceding Australians may be “uneasy” but insisting it would remain one of the best support services “anywhere in the world”.
The Coalition looks likely to back the proposed changes, despite alarm from the Greens and some in the disability sector about the 160,000 participants expected to be removed by 2030 and changes to who can access the scheme.
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