The Australian Greens say the Albanese Labor government has abandoned disabled Australians in an appalling dirty deal with the Liberals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This major party stitch up on the NDIS leaves hundreds of thousands without support, and solidifies Albanese\u2019s legacy as one of commitment to protecting corporate profits over people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday the Labor party becomes responsible for the largest cut to a government services program this century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis cowardly Labor-Liberal deal means Anthony Albanese is choosing to balance the budget off the backs of disabled people, rather than making the 1% pay their fair share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlbanese is choosing to kick 241,000 disabled people off the NDIS to save money, instead of a minimum 25% gas export tax that would raise at least $17 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is a government’s job to look after people, but when Labor has the opportunity they side with the greedy gas corporations and leave Australians behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA vote for Labor is a vote for the vested interests they protect. A vote for the Greens is a vote for people, not profits.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordon Steele-John, Greens NDIS spokesperson:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou can\u2019t say you haven\u2019t been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe community has made its position clear: the NDIS bill should not pass. What is clear now is that the major parties have come together behind closed doors in Canberra and signed away the rights, security and lives of people who depend on the NDIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe passage of this bill is a betrayal, particularly of the people who trusted Labor to protect them and maintain the supports they rely on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd the government had choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt could have chosen to properly tax gas corporations and ask those with the greatest capacity to contribute their fair share. Instead, it has chosen to strip back the safety net and the supports available to people who need them most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShame on Labor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Australian Greens say the Albanese Labor government has abandoned disabled Australians in an appalling dirty deal with the Liberals. This major party stitch up on the NDIS leaves hundreds of thousands without support, and solidifies Albanese\u2019s legacy as one of commitment to protecting corporate profits over people. Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens:\u00a0 … Continue reading “Albanese abandons disabled Australians in shameful deal with Liberals on NDIS cuts”<\/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-40467","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\/40467","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=40467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40468,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40467\/revisions\/40468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}