Proposed funding cuts ‘underpinned by dubious policy logic’, Grattan Institute says in scathing critique
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Labor’s plans to slash social participation budgets for national disability insurance scheme participants in half is “blunt and inequitable”, “underpinned by dubious logic” and could lead to “absurd” outcomes, an influential thinktank says.
It’s one of the latest scathing critiques levelled at the federal government’s proposal to return the NDIS to its “original intent” by drastically overhauling who can access supports and how much they can receive.