Article 6NRDK Bill Shorten ‘horrified’ after Coalition and Greens team up and propose delay to NDIS bill

Bill Shorten ‘horrified’ after Coalition and Greens team up and propose delay to NDIS bill

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Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
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Greens leader Adam Bandt accuses Labor of wanting to make cuts to services' for disabled people

Bill Shorten has accused the Coalition of a disingenuous" and lazy" decision on NDIS reforms, after the opposition proposed to team up with the Greens to delay a bill set to save at least $15m a day.

But the minister for government services' plea to pass the bill before parliament's winter break has been rebuffed by the Greens leader, Adam Bandt, who said it was appalling" Labor wanted to make cuts to services" to disabled people.

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