Disability advocates warn NDIS reforms could remove 300,000 participants, causing harm and deaths
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Mikele Syron
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Summary
Disability advocates have warned that proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could leave participants worse off, with one advocate stating disabled people will die as a direct result of the bill. The proposed legislation would remove or prevent about 300,000 people from accessing the scheme over four years, saving the government more than $38 billion. The government defends the reforms as necessary to slow growth and secure the scheme's future, but public hearings heard emotional testimony from those affected.
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The government has defended NDIS reforms as necessary to slow growth and secure the scheme's future.
Senators on Wednesday continued examining draft legislation that would pave the way for about 300,000 people either being removed or prevented from accessing the scheme over the next four years.
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