Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) | Hansard source

For example, over the last financial year we have more than doubled government expenditure on the NDIS, increasing it from $4 billion in 2017-18 to $8.5 billion in 2018-19—more than doubled it. In fact, in 2018-19 an additional 150,000 Australians transitioned to the NDIS, taking the total number of participants to about 300,000 by the end of June 2019. We expect that around 500,000 Australians with a disability will benefit from the NDIS over the next five years. Importantly, as I say again, we more than doubled the expenditure on the NDIS in 2018— (Time expired)