The Greens have slammed Labor\u2019s NDIS cuts, saying their decision to kick 160,000 people from the scheme and reduce supports for disabled people is a cynical and cruel decision while gas exporters’ untaxed profits soar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labor\u2019s declaration that more restrictive eligibility for the NDIS will remove 160,000 people from the scheme – ahead of the codesign process that would supposedly design those criteria, has left the disability community facing months or years of anguish and fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under Labor\u2019s NDIS cuts;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government\u2019s decision to announce reverse aged care cuts show the cynical calculation Labor has made about who it thinks should be able to have the basics required to live a good life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labor says people should move to other supports – but governments have failed disabled people for years, through lack of investment in publicly available supports, high-quality accessible public housing with shared supports, and mental health in Medicare, and the low rate of the Disability Support Pension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens say they will oppose Labor\u2019s cruel cuts to the NDIS, saying that the government is cynically pitting people who need care against one another while letting rich gas exporters off the hook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Greens will fight hard against Labor\u2019s plans to cut the NDIS and strip away basic rights from disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor is today cynically booting 160,000 people off the NDIS while letting big gas corporations avoid $17 billion in tax. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow dare this Government, who promised they wouldn\u2019t cut the NDIS, balance their budget by selling disabled peoples\u2019 dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is an extraordinary betrayal of disabled people by a Labor government that promised to protect the NDIS, not cut it. Australians with a disability and everyone who loves them are angry, and they\u2019re not going to let Labor take away their dignity without a fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBudgets are about choices, and Labor is choosing to cut the NDIS instead of taxing rich gas corporations. Labor needs to show courage, tax the big corporations and 1%, stand up to Donald Trump, and get these billions back into the essential services we all rely on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senator Jordon Steele-John, Greens Disability spokesperson said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDisabled people are disgusted with this betrayal by Labor. Labor promised to protect the NDIS, but they are cutting it instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s shocking that Labor is choosing to cut vital services for disabled people rather than tax gas exports, make Clive Palmer pay a little more tax or buy one fewer AUKUS submarine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDisabled people are now left dreading whether they will be one of the 160,000 people Labor plan to kick off the NDIS – because their disability is too invisible, or because a computer predicts they will be fine without supports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese supports enable us to get out of bed in the morning, to connect with community and to avoid social isolation, and the government has announced it\u2019s their intention to slash them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting that Labor would strip that sense of hope away from disabled people and their families when the ultra-wealthy are doing so well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor is making these cuts because they believe we are an easy target. They are wrong. We are angry, we are organised, and we will fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Greens have slammed Labor\u2019s NDIS cuts, saying their decision to kick 160,000 people from the scheme and reduce supports for disabled people is a cynical and cruel decision while gas exporters’ untaxed profits soar. Labor\u2019s declaration that more restrictive eligibility for the NDIS will remove 160,000 people from the scheme – ahead of the … Continue reading “Greens slam Labor\u2019s call to cut supports for 160,000 disabled people while gas profits soar”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38572,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38571\/revisions\/38572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}