NDIS Minister Bill Shorten defends reforms to the disability scheme passed last week, saying the $14 billion in savings come from 'cost reductions', not cuts.
Bill Shorten said he had spent his political career safeguarding the NDIS . Bill Shorten has rejected claims reforms to save $14 billion in growth from the NDIS amount to "cuts".
The federal government sounded the alarm on the scheme's costs several years ago, saying it was growingLegislation passed this week with the support of the Coalition will aim to curb its growth by enabling new powers to investigate fraud, more closely define what can be funded under the NDIS and limit automatic funding top-ups to participant plans, among several other changes to how the scheme runs.
"There are more people who will be on the scheme this week than there were last week. We will invest more in people with disability on the scheme this week than last week," Mr Shorten said.An update on the scheme's running costs found growth had already slowed and was tracking $600 million below the budget estimate for the year to July 2024.
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations CEO Ross Joyce said the government had not properly engaged with the sector, while Inclusion Australia's CEO Catherine McAlpine said trust had been "eroded".
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