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Zac de Silva

Final report into 'rubbish' disability reforms delayed

Activists for the disabled have been scathing about the government's planned NDIS funding cuts. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

A major report into plans to curb the cost of the $56 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme has been delayed in order for the government to consider thousands of submissions from groups concerned about the changes.

Just hours before a parliamentary inquiry into the reforms was scheduled to hand down its findings, the committee announced it was delaying its final report until Friday, a move described as callous and cowardly by the federal opposition.

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