NDIS Minister faces questions over Mosman Park double murder-suicide

Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Mark Butler has just held a press conference over east where he has been asked to respond to claims a Mosman Park family – killed in a double murder-suicide last week – had recently had their NDIS funding cut for the two teenage boys, who were living with autism.

It’s suspected the parents killed the boys, and then themselves, before leaving a note on their front door to call police.

Friends and one of the family’s support workers said the family had recently had their NDIS funding cut, and were struggling to cope with the high needs of the children.

“This is just an awful tragedy, I think everyone across Australia is deeply shocked by what has happened,” he said.

“I know there’s been a bit of commentary over in Western Australia about the NDIS packages that these children were on.

“I want to be really clear, first of all I don’t want to say anything that would impact a police investigation. I want to give people confidence that the NDIA is cooperating fully with the police to the extent that they have any useful input to the investigation.

“I also want to be clear that there are very clear legal restrictions on our ability, my ability, the ability of the NDIA to say anything about the packages the children were on, so I am not in a position to respond to some of the speculation that I’ve seen in the West Australian media.”