Disability community scared and surprised by scale of planned NDIS cuts
NDIS Minister Mark Butler has defended the government's latest cost-cutting changes to the scheme in an interview with the ABC, amid an avalanche of participant concern.
Disability community scared and surprised by scale of planned NDIS cuts
NDIS Minister Mark Butler has defended the government's latest cost-cutting changes to the scheme in an interview with the ABC, amid an avalanche of participant concern.
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