What are Australia’s major parties promising for the future of the NDIS?
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People with disability say their NDIS support is being cut and the process to appeal the decision is weighted against them. The Coalition has previously claimed the cost of the scheme is blowing out, but is promising to ‘fully fund’ it going forward, while Labor is proposing a major overhaul to the NDIS if it wins government. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Guardian Australia’s social affairs and inequality editor, Luke Henriques-Gomes, about reports that crucial disability supports are being cut and what the major parties are planning for the future of the NDIS
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