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'Blanket wipeout': Families in fear as 160,000 face being booted off NDIS

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'Blanket wipeout': Families in fear as 160,000 face being booted off NDIS
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More than 160,000 will be booted off Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as part of the government's multi-billion-dollar crackdown, prompting fears that participants will slip through the cracks.New eligibility rules and stricter provider vetting will slash the cost of running the NDIS by a projected $15 billion by 2030 after the government admitted the scheme was growing too fast to remain sustainable.The new assessments will be based on a person's "func

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