The federal minister responsible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Stuart Robert, says NSW is bullying the other states by demanding disability funding that he claims would be spent on other projects
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"This is about politics and not about policy ... about a billion dollars that are designed as an insurance reserve contingency fund, and all the states and territories must agree on how it's spent, or indeed if it's spent at all," Mr Robert told 2GB's Ray Hadley. It was due to be set up by July 1 last year and the Disability Reform Council, made up of state and federal disability ministers, agreed last year to "ensure funding committed for NDIS participants is invested in NDIS participants".Mr Robert said he did not believe that the states would use the money for disability services.
The federal government's promised budget surplus is under serious threat due to the economic fallout from the nation's bushfire emergency as well as the coronavirus crisis and the drought.
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