Cost Blowout Forces Australia to Slash Spending on Disabled

Australia’s Health Minister Mark Butler

Photographer: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

Australia’s center-left government is moving to rein in the ballooning costs of its signature disability welfare program as it tries to frame next month’s budget against the backdrop of a global energy crisis.

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