Victoria in the dark on proposed NDIS changes on eve of national cabinet meeting, minister says

Lizzie Blandthorn accuses the federal government of not providing enough information, but Bill Shorten is ‘quietly positive’ reforms can be agreed

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Victoria’s disability minister, Lizzie Blandthorn, says the state still remains in the dark on key proposals to change who can access the NDIS ahead of Wednesday’s national cabinet meeting.

Disability ministers are also concerned about changes they say could remove some participants from the scheme, while the federal NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, says he remains “quietly positive” the states and territories can be convinced that “some of the changes that need to be made will be”.

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