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Labor says Coalition 'undermining' NDIS over claims it cannot afford funding Labor says Coalition 'undermining' NDIS over claims it cannot afford funding
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Federal Labor has rejected suggestions it failed to provide the money needed to fund a fully ramped-up national disability insurance scheme.Federal Labor has rejected suggestions it failed to provide the money needed to fund a fully ramped-up national disability insurance scheme.
The NDIS, which finances support services for people with disabilities and their families, is forecast to cost about $22bn a year once it is fully operational from 2020, with the cost divided between the commonwealth and the states.The NDIS, which finances support services for people with disabilities and their families, is forecast to cost about $22bn a year once it is fully operational from 2020, with the cost divided between the commonwealth and the states.
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The opposition disability reform spokeswoman, Jenny Macklin, said Labor had proposed the commonwealth’s share would be funded by means testing the private health insurance rebate, reforming retirement incomes and unspecified long-term structural savings.The opposition disability reform spokeswoman, Jenny Macklin, said Labor had proposed the commonwealth’s share would be funded by means testing the private health insurance rebate, reforming retirement incomes and unspecified long-term structural savings.
The social services minister, Christian Porter, has said the government remained committed to implementing the NDIS and was working to provide it with sustainable support from budget savings.The social services minister, Christian Porter, has said the government remained committed to implementing the NDIS and was working to provide it with sustainable support from budget savings.
The main funding, the increase in the Medicare levy from 2% to 2.5%, and cuts to other disability programs, would cover its cost only to 2016-17.The main funding, the increase in the Medicare levy from 2% to 2.5%, and cuts to other disability programs, would cover its cost only to 2016-17.
“We are not funding the NDIS gap from borrowings or by raising more income tax or any other general levy,” Porter told the Australian newspaper.“We are not funding the NDIS gap from borrowings or by raising more income tax or any other general levy,” Porter told the Australian newspaper.
Macklin said the government was misleading the Australian people by suggesting it could not afford the NDIS.Macklin said the government was misleading the Australian people by suggesting it could not afford the NDIS.
“It is a disgraceful attempt to undermine the scheme and increase uncertainty over its future,” she said.“It is a disgraceful attempt to undermine the scheme and increase uncertainty over its future,” she said.