Resisting Labor's betrayal on the NDIS | Green Left Show #83

About this episode

Graham Matthews discusses Labor's planned cuts to the NDIS and its implications for disability rights.

Graham Matthews joins the Green Left Show to discuss Labor's planned cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - the "largest rollback of disability rights in a generation". Matthews is the Socialist Alliance national spokesperson on disability rights. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. Watch this episode online: www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1453/analysis/green-left-show-83-resisting-labors-betrayal-ndis. Read more: www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1452/analysis/ndis-under-attack-and-we-need-fight-back If you like our work, become a supporter:https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenleftactionTwitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonlineYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonlineTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonlineInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Green Left

Guest: Graham Matthews

Topics covered

• NDIS
• disability rights
• Labor Party
• political activism
• social justice

Keywords

• NDIS
• Labor cuts
• disability rights
• Graham Matthews
• politics
• social justice
• activism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Socialist Alliance, First Nations

Places: Aboriginal land

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