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NDIS ‘is not a welfare system’ as Albanese government floats means-testing
April 12, 2026
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Shadow Minister for the NDIS, Melissa McIntosh, states that the National Disability Insurance Scheme was intended as an insurance scheme to support disabled Australians, not as a welfare system. This comes as the Albanese government has not ruled out means-testing for the NDIS. “It’s the means-testing … you have to have a lot of detail behind means-testing,” Ms McIntosh told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers.
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“The government hasn’t said any of that … what does it actually mean? “The NDIS was not set up as a welfare system; it was set up as an insurance scheme.”
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