22/04/2026
Greens spokesperson for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Jordon Steele-John, has raised concerns about looming reforms to the scheme.
Health Minister Mark Butler is today announcing the government's plan to rein in the cost of the NDIS — which is expected to be $50 billion this financial year — and is projected to double by 2036.
Senator Steele-John told ABC Radio National Breakfast that Australians did not vote to tighten the scheme.
"Last night I was part of an online snap town hall of disabled people and our families across the country," he said.
"Let me tell you, people are disgusted. They voted for a Labor government to protect our NDIS and yet they are staring down the barrel of cuts to their supports and services."
The WA-based Greens senator said some members of the disability community were frustrated the Albanese government wasn't shifting its focus to increasing taxes on billionaires or the gas industry, or reducing spending on AUKUS submarines.
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