Government says reforms to the national disability insurance scheme that supports more than 600,000 Australians will ensure it is on a more financially sustainable footing
An overhaul of the NDIS is expected to contribute $14.4bn in savings as the government seeks to claw back $27.9bn over four years, the 2024 federal budget revealed.An overhaul of the NDIS is expected to contribute $14.4bn in savings as the government seeks to claw back $27.9bn over four years, the 2024 federal budget revealed.The Albanese government will claw back $27.
The savings will come from changes proposed in a bill introduced in March that will overhaul how funding plans for NDIS recipients are approved and what supports can be funded.According to the 2024-25 federal budget papers, the NDIS actuary in December 2023 estimated payments to the scheme would increase by $15.9bn from 2023-24 to 2027-28.
The NDIS bill’s changes will allow the government to tweak rules to target plan inflation – where participants request more funds for supports than originally budgeted for – along with clarifying the two pathways for entry to the scheme, and what items and supports can be funded by participants.
The 2024-25 federal budget papers show funding for the scheme was at $44.3bn and projected to rise to $60.7bn by 2027-28. The scheme’s watchdog, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, will receive $160.7m to increase its information technology systems and reduce the regulatory burden on providers.
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