The proposed changes draw a clearer line between those who are fully entitled and those who are not A few years ago, during the turmoil in Afghanistan, a friend of mine and his family were offered a humanitarian pathway to Australia by the Coalition government. They arrived carrying trauma, uncertainty, and a fragile hope that safety might eventually become stability. Today, they are still building that stability – appointment by appointment, physio session by physio session – while relying on the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) to support their son’s rehabilitation, who was left paralysed after illness.