'Very unfair': wheelchair-users object to taxi subsidy cap

Rob Inglis
Updated September 17 2019 - 1:25pm, first published 1:05pm
Wheelchair-user Scott Whatley says Tasmanians with disability will feel 'imprisoned' by the state government's cap on its taxi subsidy scheme, which threatens to leave a percentage of NDIS participants out of pocket.
Wheelchair-user Scott Whatley says Tasmanians with disability will feel 'imprisoned' by the state government's cap on its taxi subsidy scheme, which threatens to leave a percentage of NDIS participants out of pocket.

People living with disability are going to feel like they're "imprisoned" due to cuts to an important taxi subsidy for National Disability Insurance Scheme participants, wheelchair-user Scott Whatley says.

Rob Inglis

Rob Inglis

Journalist

Rob Inglis is a reporter with The Examiner, covering state and federal politics. He is based in Hobart.

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