Australia politics live: NDIS reforms to pass parliament today after 63 amendments get Coalition on side
Bill passed Senate on Wednesday evening and is due back in lower house today. Follow today’s news live Follow our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Krishani Dhanji with the main action. The government’s controversial NDIS bill will pass the lower house today after it went through the Senate last night. The health minister, Mark Butler , said 63 government amendmen
NDIS bill passes Senate after Labor deal with Coalition
The government’s controversial NDIS bill will pass the lower house today after it went through the Senate last night with “substantial” amendments (63 in total) after a deal between Labor and the Coalition. We’ll have the latest reaction soon, but in the meantime you can catch up on how the vote unfolded:
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- Australia politics live: NDIS reforms to pass parliament today after 63 amendments get Coalition on sideGuardian - World · Krishani Dhanji · Aug 18, 2026, 9:44 PM
- Australia politics live: Labor ‘very confident’ that tax changes won’t lift rents by 30%; NDIS reforms to pass parliament todayGuardian - World · Krishani Dhanji · Aug 18, 2026, 9:50 PM
- Australia politics live: Hastie says fight for his seat against One Nation is already ‘dirty and nasty’; NDIS reforms to pass parliament todayGuardian - World · Krishani Dhanji · Aug 18, 2026, 11:39 PM
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