NDIS documents show 241,000 participants to be removed under new eligibility rules over four years
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Summary
Internal documents reveal that new NDIS eligibility rules will remove over 240,000 participants from the scheme within four years. The Albanese government's proposed cuts to funding for social, civic, and community participation represent the largest savings measure as it attempts to contain the NDIS's ballooning costs, which were projected to reach $117 billion annually within a decade, up from $50 billion.
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· 3 pulledMore than 240,000 participants are expected to be shifted off the national disability insurance scheme in the four years after new eligibility rules are introduced, internal documents reveal.
Newly released departmental modelling also shows proposed cuts to funding for social, civic and community participation will help achieve the single biggest saving of the measures
The federal government is planning drastic changes to the NDIS after warnings it was projected to cost $117bn a year in a decade's time – up from $50bn
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