New funding for the NDIS? What about jobs for people with disability?

Published 20th October 2020

In a headline announcement from the budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the National Disability Insurance Scheme would receive an additional $3.9 billion, and that every Australian could be confident the NDIS will always be fully funded under a Coalition government.

It was a far cry from the year before, when the federal budget revealed a $1.6 billion under-spend in the NDIS, used to boost the government’s bottom line in the 2019-2020 financial year.

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Source:
Wendy Williams, 2020, Probono Australia (https://probonoaustralia.com.au)