Disability Minister Bill Shorten says critics of Labor’s move to shore up sustainability of the NDIS are badly misguided, describing changes passed by parliament as returning the $49 billion scheme to its original intent.
Echoing language used by Coalition ministers during unsuccessful reform negotiations with Labor under the Morrison government, Mr Shorten said on Sunday that cutting cost growth back to 8 per cent per year was essential.
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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.