Butler warns Taylor is using NDIS cuts as pawn

Mark Butler has doubled down on plans to pass contentious NDIS changes as early as this month, warning the opposition against using the bill as a 'pawn in a bigger chess game' as they consider a potential deal with the Greens. The Coalition and the Greens have criticised Labor’s truncated timeline and signalled they could team up in the Senate to extend inquiries into the bills.

Disability advocacy groups and NDIS providers roundly criticised the proposed change at public hearings last week, and state and territory disability ministers said they could not replace supports for the more than 200,000 participants expected to be shifted off the scheme by 2031.

Butler said he was 'utterly convinced' the federal government’s plan was right and that it shouldn’t be delayed for further consultation, though he did not rule out potential amendments.

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