Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has defended the federal government’s deal with the Greens to pass Labor’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes through parliament.
The legislation will be put up for a vote in the Senate on Thursday afternoon, and will have to return to the lower house to be approved.
Asked if the government will water down its changes to the NDIS to get it through parliament, O’Neil says the central point of the scheme’s overhaul won’t change.
“The NDIS reform that the government is undertaking is incredibly important for the nation. This is a cherished national institution, but I think most Australians can see it’s not serving its original purpose,” O’Neil says.
“I think it’s legitimate to ask for a longer inquiry and to give more voices into that discussion but I will just say the central point of that NDIS reform does not change.”
