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Australia’s $42 Billion NDIS Has Grown ‘Too Big, Too Fast’: Grattan Institute

A report into the NDIS has found costs are blowing out, despite only a small percentage of disabled people receiving support.
Australia’s $42 Billion NDIS Has Grown ‘Too Big, Too Fast’: Grattan Institute
A wheelchair symbol on the back of a van in Albany, Western Australia, on Sept. 3, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times
Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
6/30/2025|Updated: 6/30/2025
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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.

Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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