Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I think that, as colleagues would be aware, there are currently seven NDIS trial sites in operation around the country. Over the next few months I will be negotiating with the states and territories a series of bilateral agreements which will outline how the NDIS will be rolled out statewide, territorywide and nationwide beyond the existing NDIS trial sites.

Scaling up from the current 10,000 NDIS participants in the seven trial sites to 460,000 participants nationwide is a complex task. It is an important task, and I want to make it absolutely clear to all colleagues that the Abbott government is absolutely 100 per cent committed to delivering the NDIS in full. It is one of the reasons why budget repair is so important—to make sure we can and will fully fund the NDIS.