NDIS cost-cutting taskforce told to reduce growth in participants and spending

The agency that runs the national disability insurance scheme has quietly established a new taskforce aimed at cutting growth in funding packages and participant numbers.

Guardian Australia has obtained an internal document, published below, that shows the National Disability Insurance Agency has created a new unit to make “short term, immediate changes” to the scheme, citing a forecast “cost overrun in 2021-22”.

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Topics:
NDIS, Policy reform

Author:
Luke Henriques-Gomes

Source:
The Guardian

Date published:
Tue 13th Apr, 2021