Federal Government Optimistic NDIS Reform Deal Soon to be Reached

Australia’s Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher said that a recent deal with the Coalition to reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) so that its annual growth is capped at 8 percent is close to being finalised. The proposed changes would also reduce the amount of new participants eligible for the scheme and change the funding criteria. Legislation has previously been delayed from passing through parliament by the Coalition and Greens who deferred the laws to further inquiry. However, Gallagher said she is confident a deal has been reached. “We are pretty close and very hopeful,” Gallagher told reporters in Canberra on Aug. 18....