Kerri-Anne Kennerley has blasted the Australian government's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) during a fiery interview on A Current Affair.
The television doyenne, 67, admitted she was 'angry' as which she spoke of the financial toll caring for her wheelchair-bound late husband John took on her.
'I want to sue the government,' the former Studio 10 host said on Monday. 'Until it happens to them, nobody is aware of this.'
Not having it: Kerri-Anne Kennerley has lashed out at the Australian government's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) during a fiery interview on A Current Affair
A freak fall in 2016 left John wheelchair-bound until his death in February 2019 at the age of 78.
However, because he was over the age of 65 when the incident occurred, he was not eligible for NDIS assistance for his necessary 24/7 care.
Instead, John received the My Aged Care package for senior Australians, which covers just ten hours of care per week.
'I am angry. For years I have been angry about this,' the Logie Hall of Famer said.
'Angry': Kerri-Anne spoke of the financial toll caring for her wheelchair-bound late husband John took on her. The couple seen here in 2017
'Who would have thought that somebody is not entitled to care because of a catastrophic accident at no fault of their own… that they cannot be looked after properly,' Kerri-Anne added.
Speaking to The Courier Mail last month, the outspoken commentator revealed she spent $2million dollars on John's care until his death.
At the time she encouraged Australians to launch a class-action lawsuit against the NDIS, calling their age limits 'heartless'.
Hard: 'I have been angry about this,' said the former Studio 10 star of the Government's NDIS scheme, which she claims failed to provide for her husband's care due to his age. Pictured in June 2018
Those who join NDIS before the age of 65 can access care for life, however those who become disabled after 65 must rely on aged care services.
'It's dreadfully unfair. My husband, through an accident that was no fault of his own, became a quadriplegic but the only help I could get from the government was aged care,' Kerri-Anne told the newspaper.
'He was entitled to eight or nine hours a week of care, even though he was assessed as needing a minimum of 53 hours a week,' she added.
Cost: Speaking to The Courier Mail on Saturday, the TV host, 67, said that she spent $2 million dollars on John's care until his death at age 78
Kerri-Anne explained that John had seven-day-a-week nursing care for three-and-a-half-years before his death in 2019, with the cost running into the millions.
According to an Age Discrimination Act amendment in 2013, it is legal for NDIS to access participants based on
