Albanese breaks the piggy bank — on the people least able to break him back

SMH · James Massola · Sunday 26 April 2026

Albanese breaks the piggy bank — on the people least able to break him back

Labor finally moves on the $50 billion NDIS, picking the cohort with the least political muscle to absorb the hit.

Albanese spent three years hoarding political capital like a bloke with a piggy bank he was too frightened to break, and now he's smashed it open for the NDIS — the one cut that punishes the people least equipped to punish him back. Courageous reform if you squint. A protection racket of a different colour if you don't.

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