NDIS Cuts: Prioritizing Big Industries Over Vulnerable

0:00It's April 23rd. You're listening to Adelaide News today, AI-powered local news. Australia's national disability insurance scheme is facing major cuts with plans to boot 160,000 people off over the next four. Years shrinking it from 760,000 to 600,000 participants. The government's aiming to slash annual growth to just 2% until 2030, down from 5% now, to tame costs exploding toward. $70 billion by 2029, 30. This comes as insiders chat about their rich mates raking in fortunes from the NDIS right from the start, plus job services under mutual obligations. Instead of cracking down on overpriced gigs funded by taxpayers, the fix is fewer folks getting in, even pausing new entries. Families and people with lower needs will get shifted to other supports that barely exist, leaving GAF states won't likely fill. Outcomes for disabilities could tank without the current level of care, hitting everyday lives hard.

1:03Meanwhile, fossil fuel subsidies ballooned to $16.3 billion last year of 9.4% including 10.8. Billion and fuel tax credits that big miners like BHP gobble up. No cuts there, despite the cash crunch talk. It's a pattern where public needs get trimmed, while big industries skate free, showing priorities that favor the connected over the vulnerable.