Budget forecasts $14.4bn in savings from national disability insurance scheme, which minister says will come from changes to plan rules
Bill Shorten, the NDIS minister, says the scheme is here to stay but the current growth in costs are unsustainable. The budget forecasts $14.4bn in savings from the NDIS.Bill Shorten, the NDIS minister, says the scheme is here to stay but the current growth in costs are unsustainable. The budget forecasts $14.4bn in savings from the NDIS.
Shorten told ABC on Wednesday the scheme was here to stay but it couldn’t continue at its current rate of 20% annual growth. Shorten accused some providers and support coordinators of telling participants to spend money for supports and items quickly in order to get an “automatic top up”.Another proposed change will remove existing itemised budgets, replacing it with a simplified system with flexible supports and stated supports.
“But I do think that it doesn’t have to grow at 20%, I think that’s over the top and we need to bring it to a more reasonable growth level.” Marayke Jonkers, a former Paralympian and the president of peak advocacy group People with Disability Australia, said the forecast seemed to come at the “expense of support and service delivery for people with disability who need it most”.
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