Concerns NDIS changes will create robodebt 2.0 are ‘complete rubbish’, Bill Shorten says

NDIS minister Bill Shorten has been critical of the Greens’ and Coalition’s move to delay the bill’s vote in the Senate for more than a month. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Bill Shorten says comparisons suggesting changes to the NDIS will amount to a robodebt 2.0 are “complete rubbish” as the Greens and some experts raise concerns about how debt-raising measures might affect the disabled community.

At a hearing last week, legal experts warned senators that scheme participants could be stung with high amounts of debt if they incorrectly interpreted what items and supports can be funded under the new rules.