US Edition‘One-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work’: Plan to save the NDIS billions
- On July 4, 2025, the Grattan Institute published a detailed plan recommending four policy reforms aimed at preserving and improving the long-term viability of Australia's disability support program.
- The NDIS has grown rapidly beyond original expectations, currently supporting about 700,000 Australians compared to a 2011 estimate of 490,000, with ongoing state-federal funding negotiations causing delays.
- The blueprint recommends repurposing 10% of NDIS funding toward a new tier of foundational supports outside the scheme to better serve children with developmental delays and psychosocial disabilities.
- The NDIS cost over $42 billion in 2023-24 and is projected to rise to $92.7 billion by 2034, while one in 10 young children now use the scheme, with autism being the most common diagnosis at 38%.
- Implementing foundational supports aims to reduce pressure on the NDIS, improve access equity nationwide, and help ensure the scheme's long-term affordability and original intent for participants.
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Australia’s $42 Billion NDIS Has Grown ‘Too Big, Too Fast’: Grattan Institute
The new report from the Grattan Institute says the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has “grown too big, too fast,” amid concerns other disability services were being sidelined by the behemoth scheme. The NDIS cost Australian taxpayers $42 billion (US $27.4 billion) in the 2023-24 financial year, and is expected to cost more than $58 billion by 2028. “Growing at about 24 percent per year on average from 2020-2024, it is one of the fast…
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