Greens leader Adam Bandt accuses Labor of wanting to make ‘cuts to services’ for disabled people
The NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, says ‘there is no reason’ to delay the bill, which he wanted passed before parliament’s winter break.The NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, says ‘there is no reason’ to delay the bill, which he wanted passed before parliament’s winter break.Bill Shorten has accused the Coalition of a “disingenuous” and “lazy” decision on NDIS reforms, after the opposition proposed to team up with the Greens to delay a bill set to save at least $15m a day.
Shorten has claimed the delay alone could cost $1.1bn, $330m for changes to tackle intra-plan inflation and $733m for the plan to develop a new budget model for supports. Shorten said it was “remarkable” that the Coalition was calling for a further eight weeks to allow “co-design” of the scheme by people with disability, claiming this was a word they had “never ever said before”.
Shorten said the opposition was “disingenuously saying they want more time for consultation” despite the fact the first Senate inquiry resulted in them agreeing that the bill “could be passed and they did not ask for any amendments”.
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