We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government

Minister for health and ageing Mark Butler refused to be drawn on whether the government would reconsider the scale of the cuts. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

State and territory disability ministers have rung alarm bells over the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS, warning they can’t deliver “like-for-like services” for more than 200,000 participants expected to be shifted off the scheme by 2031.

The opposition, which strongly supports making the scheme more financially sustainable, has also criticised the swift timeline for proposed changes, with shadow NDIS minister, Melissa McIntosh, saying “we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end”.