Former minister Linda Reynolds says the Coalition bears some responsibility for the NDIS’ “rapidly accelerating pathway to failure” by sealing the deal with the states that left Canberra responsible for all cost blowouts.

Senator Reynolds, who as minister in the Morrison government first blew the whistle on the rampant cost blowouts and the need for reform, said both major parties owned the problem and urged the Albanese government to get on with fixing it.