Jun 26, 2026 – 10.00amThe Albanese government scored a critical win this week, securing support from the Greens for its changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing in the Senate, but it now has a new fight on its hands.Over the next eight weeks, it will have to stare down opposition to its planned $38 billion in structural cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Labor’s ambitious proposal to curb the runaway program – which is already a bigger drain on the budget than Medicare and is fast catching up to defence – has been forced into a two-month holding pattern.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Michael SmithHealth editorMichael Smith is the health editor for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney.Fetching latest articles