Australia politics live: Hastie says fight for his seat against One Nation is already ‘dirty and nasty’; NDIS reforms to pass parliament today

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New reforms of the NDIS passed the Senate overnight and will save taxpayers $40 billion, the government says.

New reforms of the NDIS passed the Senate overnight and will save taxpayers $40 billion, the government says.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is prepared to fast-track a fix to the unintended "widow tax" created by its changes to negative gearing if it will win the Coalition's support to save $37 billion in NDIS spending.