In sweeping reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) announced today, the government will cut 160,000 participants from the scheme over the next four years and reduce funding for the average plan by A$5,000 in the next two years.
Speaking at the National Press Club today, NDIS Minister Mark Butler argued the scheme “costs too much and is growing too fast”. He claimed the NDIS was losing its social licence, with six in ten Australians believing the scheme was “broken”.
