Government promises disabled will keep their pension

Stephanie Peatling
Sydney Morning Herald, 21st February 2013

People with disabilities will still receive the pension once the National Disability Insurance Scheme begins, the federal government has promised.

Disability advocates have told the parliamentary inquiry examining the scheme they are concerned the government will try to recoup the cost by winding back access to income support payments. The Welfare Rights Network says the government has been unclear about whether people who will be eligible for the NDIS will still be paid the disability support pension ... Read more in the Sydney Morning Herald online.