NDIS minister says participants will still be able to request funding for support that is not pre-approved if it is genuinely needed
The national disability insurance scheme minister, Bill Shorten, has assured participants they will be able to request funding for support that is not pre-approved if it is genuinely needed under Labor’s changes.
“I’ve spent my whole 17 years in parliament fighting for the NDIS and the reason why, perhaps, I sound a little passionate today is I listen to the people who say ‘do nothing change is too hard’,” Shorten said on Sunday. The NDIS legislation passed last week is the first in a series of bills the government says will make the scheme financially sustainable and better-suited to people with disability after the release of the NDIS review last year.Projections suggest the annual cost of the NDIS will grow from $35.2bn in 2022-23 to more than $50bn in 2025-26. The NDIS could cost $90bn a year within a decade.
The commonwealth, along with state and territory governments, agreed at national cabinet in 2023 to an annual growth target of 8% from 1 July 2026., changes how participants receive plan budgets and gives more powers to the head of the agency in charge of the scheme to prevent top-up payments on a participant’s budget.
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