Daniel James

Jenny, what did you make of Mark Butler's press conference on Wednesday?

What struck you about the type of language he was using?

These are huge announcements that mean the NDIS participants, like your son, will be reassessed and that over 160,000 people will be moved off the scheme, while others will have their budgets cut by as much as 50%.

Can you explain just how significant that is?

You spoke a little bit about the positives and about some of the risks.

What were some of the negatives from your perspective about Mark Butler's announcement on Wednesday?

So is there a real sense within the community that you represent, the autism community, that you are being targeted through these reforms?

Jenny, your 20-year-old son, Stefan, is an autistic person on the NDIS.

How crucial is it for your lives?

And are you worried that he could be one of those who's affected by these cuts?

Coming up, the NDIS cut that could see participants cut off from their communities.

Jenny, the government has made a lot of noise about consultation and negotiating with the various communities that are impacted by this.

Do you feel like you've been consulted with these reforms?

One of the cuts Mark Butler announced was a 30% cut to the social and community participation budget.

Now, $200 million is instead being allocated to a new inclusive communities fund, but it does mean that the average NDIS participant will lose roughly $7,000 in funding for the kinds of things that help them lead an ordinary life.

How big an impact will that have?

The government says fraud inside the NDIS has become a major problem.

How big a problem is it?

And what does it say about how the scheme has been policed?

And finally, Jetty, how much confidence do you have in the government and the systems that are required to change to make this thing work?