‘Costs are going up’: Linda Reynolds warns of hard discussions on NDIS funding

Exclusive: Morrison government's new minister in charge of disability scheme says it's on track to be more expensive than Medicare'

Linda Reynolds has signalled the Morrison government will top up funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Tuesday's budget but she warns there are hard discussions" ahead regarding the sustainability of the current funding model.

In Reynolds' first significant interview in the portfolio she gained following the Brittany Higgins furore, the minister in charge of the NDIS said she needed to open a conversation about the scheme because it was now on the trajectory of being more expensive than Medicare".