24 August

This shows the projected average payout to participants in the NDIS, through their lives. A gross amount on average *per person* of $2.63 million. There are now over 660,000 people on the NDIS (this was 2022 data). That number is projected to at least double, in the next 10 years, and some disability advocates are arguing that it should encompass the more than 4 million Australians classified as disabled. The net figure of $1.17 million per person takes into account other services that the NDIS replaces. But the actuarial analysis points out that these aren’t falling away in the way that was promised, nor are many transitioning from the NDIS into more independent lives, which was also the intent. The total projected cost of the NDIS, just for the current number of participants, is over a trillion dollars over their lifetimes. And that number of participants is expected to at least double, in only a few years, and some argue to increase that number by a further 400%. The whole thing is going to collapse.