The NDIS gets a bouncer: 160,000 people about to fail the door check

SMH · Brittany Busch · Friday 24 April 2026

The NDIS gets a bouncer: 160,000 people about to fail the door check

Canberra's announced six criteria to tip 160,000 people off the NDIS. A scheme built as a right is being rewritten as a queue.

Six criteria to decide who stays disabled enough for the scheme and who gets shown the door. The NDIS was meant to be a right, now it's a queue with a bouncer. 160,000 people about to discover their disability failed the audit.

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