A tough new spending target will save billions of dollars on the National Disability Insurance Scheme by increasing the scrutiny of service providers and preventing the annual cost rising to $97 billion within a decade.
The new measures will cost $720 million over the next four years and will beef up the peak agency that oversees the providers and is charged with making the scheme more efficient.
The calculation, provided by a government source who was not authorised to speak on the matter, highlights the political sensitivity of the changes in the May 9 budget when critics of the government may claim it is cutting NDIS spending even though the total cost is forecast to grow every year. Pressed on whether services would be cut, Shorten said there was no budget pressure to make savings on the NDIS to pay for other government policies.
The additional resources would help crack down on fraud, the government said, while also setting minimum standards for evidence of the assistance needed for daily living.revealed by ABC News last November “Now, the growth factor when the NDIS was introduced was anticipated to be 4 per cent, which is why the cap on spending from state and territory governments is 4 per cent.
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