Opinion

This government, or the next, will have to fix the NDIS

Monday’s Intergenerational Report will be used as a springboard to put boundaries around disability support.

Phillip CooreyPolitical editor

Jun 24, 2021 – 8.00pm

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Of the many big numbers that will be revealed on Monday when Josh Frydenberg unveils the fifth Intergenerational Report (IGR), one of the more spectacular promises to be the forecast cost over the next 40 years of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The IGR, the brainchild of Peter Costello, is a five-yearly-or-so exercise that seeks to project four-decades hence things like population growth and the budget impact of such key areas as aged care and health with a view to keeping them sustainable.

Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence.