NDIS bill passes Senate after Labor deal with Coalition

The government’s controversial NDIS bill will pass the lower house today after it went through the Senate last night with “substantial” amendments (63 in total) after a deal between Labor and the Coalition. We’ll have the latest reaction soon, but in the meantime you can catch up on how the vote unfolded:

Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.

The government’s controversial NDIS bill will pass the lower house today after it went through the Senate last night. The health minister, Mark Butler, said 63 government amendments across both houses were introduced to win the Coalition’s support for the government’s changes, aimed at reining in spending.

There will doubtless be more to come on this today, so stay tuned.