Sasha Barbagallo

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629 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 28 Jul

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The Briefing · Erin Patterson appeal set + Why rapists can no longer be 'top blokes' · 27 May 2026 podcast

And the reforms are set to save the ballooning scheme $37.8 billion.

After warnings, it was projected to cost $117 billion a year in a decade's time.

There are concerns from advocates, though, that these changes are going to lead to worse outcomes for disabled Australians.

We heard from the Greens disability spokesperson, Jordan Steele-John, who kind of criticised how the government's calling it efficiencies and we have to do this.

But he says it's going to mean, quote, more assessments, more bureaucracy, more barriers and constant anxiety for disabled Australians.

It is expected that autistic people are going to be the biggest cohort that's going to end up off the NDIS with these changes.

It is hoped by the government that they're going to be pushed towards disability.

state and territory programs rather than the NDIS basically saying that those are better suited to their needs.

The issue though right now, and this is coming from the states and territories, is that either those programs don't exist or they don't have the capacity to take on all those extra people.

So a lot of work needs to be done between now and January 2028 in order to ensure no disabled Australians are left needing care that they're not going to be able to get.

Now, the most contentious in these reforms, of course, is the CGT overhaul.

Now, that'll see the standard 50% discount completely abolished for most assets and instead replaced by an inflation adjusted indexation model.

Now, Labor has been facing increasing pressure from the business sector and even from some MPs within the party.

to only apply the changes to the CGT to investment properties and make non-property investments like small businesses exempt.

But Jim Chalmers has also been told to stay the course.

Former PM Paul Keating is leading the support of the budget in its entirety.

He says further exemptions would further distort the economy.

And in a comeback for the ages, New South Wales has beaten Queensland in Sydney to claim game one of the 2026 State of Origin Series.

After shooting to a...

20-0 lead in the first 20 minutes of the clash at a soggy stadium, Australia.

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