The latest NDIS quarterly report reveals scheme spending came in $600 million below the budget estimate – the first time it has beaten the forecasts.
Children are exiting the National Disability Insurance Scheme in growing numbers and 25,000 fewer Australians joined this financial year than the one before, in signs Bill Shorten’s reforms to the $42 billion program could start to slow its steep growth curve.
It also makes clear that mainstream health services – such as diagnostic assessments, pharmaceuticals and palliative care – should be funded outside the scheme, as should treatments for addiction or eating disorders. Similarly, education costs such as school fees, teaching aids or learning supports that focus on education, textbooks and school refusal programs will not be the responsibility of the NDIS.
The agency attributed the stabilising figures to more children than usual leaving the scheme, as well as a higher number of participants exiting in general. It also said people were changing their spending as the agency had started proactively contacting people who appeared at risk of exceeding their plan limits.
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