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The federal government has announced sweeping changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, in a bid to bring spending back down to sustainable levels, and clamp down on fraud.
On the program we bring you the reactions of participants and their families, as well as advocates and providers.
You'll also hear from one of the original architects of the NDIS, and Health Minister Mark Butler.
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The Federal Government yesterday unveiled its planned changes to the  in a bid to rein in costs, crack down on fraud and maintain the scheme's social licence.
The changes also mark a move away from diagnosis-based eligibility with about about 160-thousand people expected to be removed from the scheme by 2030.
GUEST: Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Ageing
PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

The Federal Government has unveiled major changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme in a bid to rein in costs and crack down on fraud. 
Whilst the Coalition says they support 'practical, sensible reforms' to the NDIS, they are calling for more detail on the proposed changes. 
GUEST: Anne Ruston, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care
PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

It's the overhaul the federal government hopes will make the National Disability Insurance Scheme sustainable well into the future.
At the National Press Club yesterday, the federal health Minister Mark Butler announced that about 160-thousand people will be shifted from the scheme by the end of the decade - with every participant expected to be re-assessed. 
Minister Butler also announced the government wants to reduce the total cost of social and community support as part of a series of changes to the scheme.
Guest: Martin Laverty, CEO of disability service organisation Aruma and an original architect of the NDIS
Producer: Joe Sullivan