Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has conceded Australians seeking to take advantage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme 'should not pay' for mandatory needs testing, as legislation to reform the policy heads to a vote in parliament.
Fears Australians seeking to take advantage of the NDIS could be hit with fees for mandatory needs testing have been dismissed by Government Services Minister Bill Shorten , as legislation to reform the scheme heads to a vote in parliament.Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has conceded Australians seeking to take advantage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme "should not pay" for mandatory needs testing, as legislation to reform the policy heads to a vote in parliament.
While Senator Ayres maintained the government had"not yet made" a call on who would shell out for the assessments, he declined to confirm further details despite questions from the opposition and minor party. In the aftermath of the remarks, some had called for those reforms to be put on hold pending further discussions, but the government instead pressed ahead with progressing legislation regardless.
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