NDIS reboot regrettable but necessary

April 23, 2026 — 5:33pm

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The removal of at least one in five of the 760,000 people on the National Disability Insurance Scheme will regrettably leave some out in the cold and cause heartache for many autistic people and their carers.

But the NDIS has become so expensive and vulnerable to rorting by providers that heavy pruning is necessary to ensure its continuing sustainability.

The Albanese government proposes to tighten eligibility to reduce total numbers to 600,000 and impose new oversight and controls that it claims will cut the scheme’s 10 per cent a year growth to 2 per cent, on average, for the next four years. The overhaul will recoup $35 billion in next month’s budget and save federal coffers up to $150 billion in the coming decade.

The NDIS was established with the best of........

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