Outgoing Labor minister Bill Shorten has said he’s leaving politics at the end of the month confident with the state of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

As Minister for the NDIS, Shorten has been focused on making reforms to the scheme in an effort to reduce costs and ensure its sustainability.

But despite claims the government’s reform of the NDIS is focused on fraud crackdowns, a third of the savings will come from pushing children off the scheme.

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton, on the children targeted in the NDIS crackdown, and the real intent behind the cuts.

 

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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.

Outgoing Labor minister Bill Shorten has said he&rsquo;s leaving politics at the end of the month confident with the state of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
As Minister for the NDIS, Shorten has been focused on making reforms to the scheme in an effort to reduce costs and ensure its sustainability.
But despite claims the government&rsquo;s reform of the NDIS is focused on fraud crackdowns, a third of the savings will come from pushing children off the scheme.
Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton, on the children targeted in the NDIS crackdown, and the real intent behind the cuts.
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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.

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Why children are being kicked off the NDIS

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