Greens use ‘every lever’ to stop NDIS cuts as CGT deal looms
Larissa Waters says the Greens will use their Senate votes to seek a longer inquiry after officials said 240,000 people could exit the scheme by 2031.
- Labor secured the Greens' support for its tax overhaul on Tuesday, agreeing to extend the parliamentary inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme by eight weeks to August 14.
- Labor's tax package, central to last month's federal budget, faced gridlock without Greens support; the minor party holds the balance of power in the Senate and opposed the NDIS overhaul.
- The NDIS changes aim to cut $15 billion over four years, with department officials projecting 240,000 people will exit the scheme by 2031; the tax package includes a $250 income tax offset and $1000 instant deduction for workers.
- Greens leader Larissa Waters said the party will "always push to stop these cruel cuts" and use "every possible lever" to scrutinize the government; the inquiry delay pushes NDIS debate past the parliamentary recess.
- Deputy Opposition Leader Jane Hume criticized the arrangement as "horse trading with Labor," yet the government expects its tax laws to pass Parliament by week's end despite Coalition opposition to the overhaul.
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‘Every lever’: Pledge to stop ‘cruel’ cuts
Greens leader Larissa Waters has all but confirmed the party is leveraging support in the upper house for Labor’s tax overhaul in exchange for a longer probe into the government’s controversial changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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