Furious disabled Australians warn their lives could be put at risk and families broken apart under sweeping changes aimed at making the NDIS more financially sustainable.
The overhaul - which would include about 160,000 people shunted from the $56-billion-a-year scheme to separate supports run by the states - could also undermine Australia's human rights obligations, the disability discrimination commissioner has warned.
Actor and disability advocate Hannah Diviney warned the legislation's consequences could be catastrophic, with people losing support they rely on to live their day-to-day lives.
"When disabled people die as a direct result of this bill - and they will - their blood will be on your hands," Ms Diviney, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, told the committee on Wednesday.
