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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has today unveiled his plan to tackle what he calls waste and inefficiency in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by scrapping it entirely and replacing it with a system that worked just fine in the past – unpaid female labour and Centrelink.
In a press conference flanked by senior but relatively unknown Liberal Party figures, Dutton said that while the NDIS had provided life-changing support to disabled Australians and their families, it had also become a “budgetary burden” that could be better handled by forcing women to abandon their careers and look after their relatives for free.
“Back in the good old days before all this woke nonsense, people didn’t rely on taxpayer-funded handouts to look after disabled loved ones,” said Dutton.
“Families just did what needed to be done. If that meant a mother, wife, or sister gave up her career and lived in poverty to care for someone, well, that’s what we a good old Aussie battler.”
When asked about the impact his plan would have on working women, Dutton raised the fleshy banks on his head where his eyebrows once were.
“Look, women are free to work if they want. Lord knows we’d know about it if they weren’t,” he said.
“They just need to make sure they’ve got time to be full-time carers on the side. Maybe they can start a small business. Maybe they can be a good support to their husband? If they have a go, they will get a go.”
More to come.
