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Tough calls over NDIS cuts hang over aftermath of federal budget

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A composite featuring Health Minister Mark Butler and the NDIS, flagging cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme as the government seeks to curb growth to about 5 per cent. Source: AAP / Susie Dodds/AAPIMAGE

Cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme are the largest source of savings in the federal budget, leaving many in the disability community angry and anxious about what's to come. The details of which participants will lose their supports, and whether state governments will fill those gaps, are still being worked out.


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Cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme are the largest source of savings in the federal budget, leaving many in the disability community angry and anxious about what's to come. The details of which participants will lose their supports, and whether state governments will fill those gaps, are still being worked out.


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