Federal Health Minister Mark Butler criticises state and territory leaders for opposing federal NDIS reform plans. Butler says the states’ response is “posturing” following pushback to measures in the reforms that would remove NDIS supports from about 160,000 people. The disagreement centres on whether the proposed changes should proceed as planned and how they would affect participants currently receiving assistance. According to the reporting, state and territory leaders have launched an unusually strong public criticism of the federal government’s approach, prompting Butler to directly characterise their stance as performative rather than constructive. The articles both frame the issue as a dispute between levels of government over the future design of the NDIS and the number of people expected to lose support. The coverage indicates that the debate is ongoing and tied to the federal government’s reform agenda, with states maintaining objections to the scope and impact of the proposed changes.