Despite efforts by the previous federal government to bring costs under control, the budget for Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme has continued to spiral as the program spent A$3.29 billion (US$2.29 billion) in the last month alone.
The NDIS, established under the Gillard Labor government in 2013, was designed to be a fully government-funded program that comprehensively covered the costs of support services for physical and mentally disabled individuals in Australia.
While initial estimates were for the cost of the program to level out at around $22 billion a year, current costs have already outstripped this figure—a problem attributed to the lack of controls over what participants can claim and who can take part….