National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has a 15 per cent increase in recipients in three months
Stuart Robert, Minister for the NDIS and Government Services confirms a 15 per cent increase in NDIS recipients on the Gold Coast from the last quarter to the end of June.
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THE rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) on the Gold Coast has accelerated with a 15 per cent increase in recipients in three months.
Stuart Robert, Minister for the NDIS and Government Services, confirmed the increase in the last quarter to the end of June.
“For example, 4,458 people with disability in the Robina region benefited from the NDIS by June 30,” he said.
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“This represents a 15 per cent increase over the quarter. The NDIS is expected to have provided support to more than 91,000 participants in Queensland at full scheme, including about 8,400 in the Robina region.”
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Mr Robert said other local electorates which had benefited from the rollout by June 30 included Moncrieff where 1044 people with disability were on the scheme, including 254 who had never received supports.
“In McPherson, 1,044 people benefited, including 298 who had never received supports before, while 1,329 people with disability in the Fadden electorate benefited from the NDIS.”
He said the latter included 339 people who had never received government support.
“Nationally, more than 100,000 people who have never had support are now getting it through the NDIS, which is superb,” Mr Robert said.
“The NDIS is probably the biggest public service our nation has built — apart from Medicare — and it has been built very fast.
“There has been a rush to get people from state-based systems in to the NDIS. If people need support, they get it.”
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The Fadden MP said the aim of the scheme was to help people with a disability identify how to reach their potential and live full lives.
“That’s the ideal,” he said.
“We still have to build the last 20 per cent of the NDIS design and rebuild Services Australia.
“The NDIS is an extraordinary national endeavour and it’s very complex.
“In 2015/16, the budget was $8.4 billion dollars. This will rise to $220 billion in the next 18 months,” he said.
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