Coalition denies plans to slash NDIS, but says cost is ‘out of control’

Disability Advocacy Network urges politicians not to treat scheme as a football to be punted around at the expense of people with disability'

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The Coalition says it will ensure the country's disability insurance scheme (NDIS) will remain fit for purpose and sustainable for future generations" after Labor accused the opposition of looking to gut the growing $47bn program.

The shadow public service minister, Jane Hume, said the National Disability Insurance Scheme had run out of control" on Sunday, adding more can be done" to curb the scheme's exponential growth beyond Labor's promised changes.

Under the Albanese government, national cabinet agreed to an 8% annual growth rate target by July 2026 to prevent the program's cost from skyrocketing ahead of economic growth.

Hume suggested all government spending could be tied to GDP growth, for example, though she stopped short of suggesting the ceiling be applied to the NDIS.

On the eve of the federal budget, the new NDIS minister, Amanda Rishworth, invited the opposition to publicly reveal its plans for the scheme, if elected.

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