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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Labor’s $15bn NDIS savings push sparks concerns of service cuts

‘We’re determined to stamp out unethical practices’ within the NDIS, disability minister Bill Shorten said on Tuesday.
‘We’re determined to stamp out unethical practices’ within the NDIS to help reduce costs, disability minister Bill Shorten said on Tuesday. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Ambitious plans to claw back $15bn from national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) spending, without changing eligibility criteria, has disability advocates worried that services will be cut in other ways.

The government says it can reduce costs from $17.2bn to $1.9bn over four years – that’s enough to pay for the government’s budget centrepiece, the $14.6bn cost-of-living package.

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