Bill Shorten

NDIS minister Bill Shorten has accused the Greens and Liberals of playing politics by delaying an amendment to the costly scheme.

A professional speechwriter will be paid around $300,000 a year to assist NDIS Minister Bill Shorten, despite there being an existing communications team.

Meanwhile, a Greens motion to suspend standing orders to recognise a Palestine state was defeated in Parliament by Labor and the Coalition.

‘It’s all difficult stuff, making sure that we can make the NDIS the best version of itself, including the most sustainable version of itself.’

The government are undertaking reforms to ’moderate this additional growth‘ and ’return the NDIS to its original intent,’ the budget noted.

Work is underway to crack down on ‘opportunists in the Australian community who see government money as an opportunity to make a quick buck,’ Shorten said.

‘There are some people, when they come out of jail, we have an obligation to provide disability supports for.’

Hazlehurst cautioned that the backlog would take some time to reduce to acceptable levels, saying he hoped to reduce the 1.1 million claims down by April.

People would be empowered to dob in providers ripping off disabled people.

The government will also roll out ‘foundational supports’ for all 2.5 million Australians with disability.

138 people have who have been released from detention require electronic monitoring

The office was graffitied with the words ‘dial down the apartheid Bill.’

Questions remain over whether the government will implement disciplinary action against those responsible for Robodebt.

The government is assuring the public their data is not being collected.

The hiring spree will cost taxpayers $228 million.

Labor ministers praised Daniel Andrews term as Victorian premier.