The federal government pushed back against accusations from the Greens that it is selling its NDIS cuts as a crackdown on fraud while pursuing billions of dollars in savings by slashing participant packages.
The Greens’ Jordon Steele-John says the bill paving the way for the biggest ever cuts to the $50 billion scheme appears as if it will bank an overwhelming majority of its savings from cutting people’s plans.
NDIS minister Jenny McAllister said the changes to the scheme are about making it sustainable for the future.
By ABC Specialist Reporting Team.
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