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Voters in the southern New South Wales seat of Farrer have headed to the polls to choose a new MP after their former representative Sussan Ley resigned from parliament. Analysts say the vote could have lasting consequences for the coalition.

One Nation hoping for its first win at the ballot box for a lower house seat in the Farrer by-election; New South Wales government moves to tighten gun laws and overhaul its firearms registry after last year’s Bondi shooting; and in sport, Aussie golfer Lucas Herbert opens up a nine-shot lead at Trump national in Virginia .

Cuts are coming to the NDIS, with the federal government flagging 160,000 people are expected to be moved off the scheme by 2030 in a push to reign in spending growth. Health Minister Mark Butler says the reforms are necessary to rein in spending growth, with the scheme on track to cost $70 billion per year by the end of the decade. The disability community has expressed alarm and anxiety amid ongoing uncertainty about how the reforms will work and which participants will be affected. Jeramy Hope is the President of People with Disability Australia, and an NDIS participant himself. He is speaking here with Tee Mitchell.