Former counsel assisting ICAC condemns PM's comments on anti-corruption body
Geoffrey Watson SC says the Prime Minister's comments are "deeply insulting", and both misrepresent and trivialise what NSW's Independent Commission Against Corruption is doing.
AUDIO: Former counsel assisting ICAC condemns PM's comments on anti-corruption body
"Minister
for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Linda Reynolds is calling
for states and territories to increase their contribution to the scheme,
arguing the program is coming over cost and was never intended to
function as a “welfare scheme for life”.But
experts say there are several issues with Reynolds’ claim. Firstly, the
NDIS is not welfare, and has never functioned as such. Secondly, there
is limited data to explain the “cost blowout” the Coalition have compla…
"Minister
for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Linda Reynolds is calling
for states and territories to increase their contribution to the scheme,
arguing the program is coming over cost and was never intended to
function as a “welfare scheme for life”.
But
experts say there are several issues with Reynolds’ claim. Firstly, the
NDIS is not welfare, and has never functioned as such. Secondly, there
is limited data to explain the “cost blowout” the Coalition have compla…
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