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NDIS changes announced by Health Minister Mark Butler bring disability scheme back to original aim

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Jennifer Hewett

Labor is tackling a scheme that has become unaffordable and wildly out of control in what it covers. But delivering on its commitment will be harder than tough language.

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The Albanese government is finally willing to concede one of federal Labor’s proudest achievements has become a policy debacle that can’t survive in its current form.

So Health Minister Mark Butler is determined to perform radical surgery on the failing National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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