Electric Trike#Greens will oppose NDIS cuts
The Greens say they will fight #Labor on efforts to save money from the #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme, warning the government against unfairly #targeting #disabled #Australians as it looks for budget savings.
Labor has quietly established a razor gang to drive budget savings from the $52bn program, with a senior treasury official relocating to the Department of Health earlier this year.
Growth in NDIS spending was 10.3% last year, well above the federal government’s target rate of 8%. Health minister Mark Butler and the NDIS minister, Jenny McAllister, have indicated they are continuing to urgently try to bring spending growth down to between 5% and 6% annually.
Greens spokesman #JordonSteelJohn said the party would not support cuts.
“Disabled people are used to fighting for their #basicrights. They won’t stop now, and the Greens will back their fight,” he said.
Every cut Labor makes to the #NDIS removes a critical support from a disabled person and puts the labour back onto the family to pick up the slack, amid a cost of living crisis.
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