Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026In 18 years of closely watching federal budgets, I've never seen a budget measure with this level of social spending cuts (not even in Joe Hockey's 2014 budget). $36b in NDIS cuts over the forward estimates 22237145 237
Graeme Smyth @gjsmyth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I suspect we could also say the NDIS represents the fastest growing budget item over that same period too. The question is whether that is a good thing and should be left as is. And if not, what should be done? Do these numbers represent a reduced growth of the system or a reduced total spend. 000 0
