'Won't go quietly': Athlete Kurt Fearnley hits out at government's reversal on disability funding

By Fergus Hunter
Updated April 26 2018 - 12:44pm, first published 12:34pm
Paralympian Kurt Fearnley. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Paralympian Kurt Fearnley. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

Paralympian and disability rights advocate Kurt Fearnley has hit out at the Turnbull government's decision to scrap a $8 billion increase to the Medicare levy designed to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme, predicting the move would face vocal community opposition.

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