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Disability: What’s happening with the NDIS?

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Show Notes

The NDIS is one of the central fiscal bets of the federal budget. In this podcast, our disability experts discuss what the government's proposed reforms will really cost — and what needs to change.

In this podcast, Grattan Senior Associate Hannah Orban talks to Grattan Disability Program Director Sam Bennett and Grattan Associate Reilly Polaschek about the NDIS reform bill and the Senate inquiry extension.

Read our submission to the Senate Inquiry:https://grattan.edu.au/news/saving-the-ndis/ Read our Disability research: https://grattan.edu.au/disability/

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