NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has hinted at serious changes to the NDIS which could impact which conditions are eligible for treatment. “It will have a series of recommendations which will return it to its original vision,” Mr Shorten told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell. He ruled out an IMF proposal for means-testing of the scheme. “I think means-testing is a lazy reform, we don’t means-test our Medicare, we don’t means-test our education system. A review into the scheme's sustainability will be handed to Mr Shorten in October.
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has hinted at serious changes to the NDIS which could impact which conditions are eligible for treatment.
“It will have a series of recommendations which will return it to its original vision,” Mr Shorten told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.“I think means-testing is a lazy reform, we don’t means-test our Medicare, we don’t means-test our education system.
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