Australian Parliament website

Parliamentary Hansards (2013–2022)

Transcripts of ministerial speeches discussing the NDIS

Growth in employment for people with disability will be 100,000 by the year 2050. That certainly boosts national GDP

The upfront fiscal costs, while significant, are partly offset by eliminating the hidden future liabilities of the current system

Given the potential economic gains to be made, it seems to me that the benefits certainly far outweigh the costs, particularly if we describe ourselves as a caring nation

Accounting concepts such as costs, savings and liability gave a measurable visibility to the scheme’s benefits. They presented the NDIS as an individualising and totalising program that would improve the circumstances of people with disabilities and the national economy

The Australian budget Website

The Australian budget (2013)

The Productivity Commission Website

The Productivity Commission Report (2011)

Price Waterhouse Coopers Website

Report (2011)

NDIS Website

NDIS guidelines (2017)

Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS Website

General Issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS

NDIS Website

NDIS access forms (2017–2023)

During the next 12 months, I want to increase my independence and communication skills

Applicants confess their goals and aspirations

I need funding to live as independently as possible and live in a house by myself

The accounting concept of funding directs participants to achieve salvation in the form of independence

Administrative procedures, policies and guidelines about the assessments of the NDIS, the formulation of the NDIS budget, utilising and managing NDIS funding (2017–2023)

When we make decisions about supports we fund in your plan, we must also consider our need to ensure the financial sustainability of the NDIS

Accounting discourse on the financial sustainability of the NDIS and value for money, drives the decision-making process

The support represents value for money in that the costs of the support are reasonable relative to both the benefits achieved and the cost of alternative supports

Disability Royal Commission Website

Evidence submitted to the Disability Royal Commission

Transport funding is provided to assist me in accessing and participating in social and community activities to achieve my goal

The accounting concept of funding directs participants to achieve salvation in the form of independence

Unlike my Core Supports budget, my Capacity Building Supports budget cannot be moved from one support category to another

The accounting technique of budgeting ensures compliance and reinforces permanent obedience

The Productivity Commission Website

The Productivity Commission Report (2017)

Study Issue paper (2017)

The NDIS will only be funded as long as … it is a good use of taxes … The NDIA uses reference package data in the planning process to reduce cost pressures and variability in the level of support provided to participants

Salvation is achieved by demonstrating value for money for taxpayers

Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS Website

Committee report and submission to: Independent assessment (2021), NDIS planning (2020), Market readiness for service provision under the NDIS (2018) and Current scheme, implementation and forecasting for the NDIS (2022)

Automation of the planning process … [will] reduce the need for planners to make as many individual decisions about participant plans

The NDIA draws on auto-generated NDIS budgets to reduce the cost of the scheme and reduce inconsistencies in the planners' decisions

NDIS Website

Guidelines and information on utilising and managing NDIS funding (2017–2023)

A service agreement is an agreement between you and your service provider. A service agreement helps you make sure you get the supports you have paid for. It explains: how your service provider will give you your supports, what supports you will get, … where you will get your supports, how many times you will get your supports, how much your supports cost

The NDIS attempt to teach financial responsibility by requiring participant to make a service agreement (contract with providers)

You need to access my place to see your current plan and previous plans … create and view payment requests, create and manage service bookings, share your plan with your service providers …

The NDIS requires participants to engage with the online portal where their financial behaviour can be monitored

NDIA Website

NDIA annual report (2016–2022)

The NDIA recognises the critical role of employment in boosting the well-being, economic security and social inclusion of people with disabilities

Employment rates have increased for participants aged 15 to 24

Employment is one main outcome of the scheme

NDIA Quarterly report (2022)

The percentage of parents/carers of participants in a paid job is 50% compared to the 2021–22 target of 49%

Report on personalised budget (2021)

Combining the information on the projected number of participants and projected average payment per participant results in total participant costs of $29.2 billion in 2021–22, $41.4 billion in 2024–25, and $59.3 billion in 2029–30 (on an accrual basis)

Accounting information is used to ensure the financial sustainability of the scheme