Major NDIS overhaul to cut 160,000 participants

More than 160,000 NDIS participants will be removed from the scheme under a major overhaul aimed at reducing spending by $35 billion by 2030. New spending will be capped at 2% annually with a participant ceiling of 600,000, requiring reassessment of all current participants against new eligibility criteria. The reforms include introducing a digital payment system to combat systemic fraud and organised crime infiltration, with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission identifying crime within the NDIS as widespread.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.