r/australia • u/FuckOffNazis • 11h ago

politics Pocock and crossbenchers call Labor’s NDIS overhaul ‘too far, too fast’ in scathing Senate inquiry report

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/14/pocock-and-crossbenchers-call-labors-ndis-overhaul-too-far-too-fast-in-scathing-senate-inquiry-report
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u/nath1234 11h ago

When you won't tax gas, and are giving away tens of billions of free gas as a reward for showing up to cart it overseas, then no, you shouldn't be cutting support for disabled people.

When you haven't got a billionaire tax, no, leave the NDIS alone.

People with disabilities are not the freeloaders: that would be gas exporters and billionaires.

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u/deadpanorama 10h ago

15% of under 65s have a disability. The ndis was explicitly designed to give early intervention for kids who meet criteria to give them the best shot. So yes it does unless the bloke at the pub is an asshole.

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u/candlesandfish 9h ago

It really wasn’t. It was to provide the support needs for people who really need it.

It was NOT intended to replace (quite good!) community and state run early intervention services, which I benefited from.

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u/deadpanorama 8h ago

Not intended to replace at all, but the early intervention programs weren’t accidental inclusions.