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Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 131-132. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52587 Published online: 17 February 2025 Recent media commentary on the operation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has focused on costs, fraud, and preventing dubious provider practices.
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 55-56. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52174 Published online: 15 January 2024 In reply: Thank you to Hill et al,1 Bailie et al2 and Malbon et al3 for their interest in our article.4 These letters raise further significant issues which must be addressed to ensure that the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is equitable.
As the NDIS turns ten, we must make changes to improve scheme equity The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was created to provide reasonable and necessary supports for people with disability under the age of 65 years to live an included and meaningful life on an equal basis with other Australians. The mechanism for this is individualised support plans underpinned by personal budgets that are spent on services purchased from a social care market.
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