Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has warned federal Labor that changes to NDIS funding must not leave the states paying too much to care for children with autism, in a retort signalling the newly signed peace deal with the Albanese government could be short-lived.
As reform plans for the National Disability Insurance Scheme inch through parliament this week, a deal with state premiers announced on Wednesday means they will no longer be able to hold the federal government hostage over the scheme’s governance arrangements.
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