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Vanishing deficit depends on heroic politics of NDIS reform

This budget’s place in history will depend on whether huge savings in the way the National Disability Insurance Scheme operates can ever be achieved.

Chris RichardsonEconomist
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The economy might be slowing, but the budget is flying higher than Nimbin on a sunny Sunday.

There was an enormous contrast between the government forecasts of last October and those in this budget.

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Chris Richardson is an independent economist.
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