Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

When the NDIS was envisaged 10 years ago, the goal was to create a scheme that would allow people with disability to better participate in the community, to get a job if that's what they wanted, to have greater independence but most particularly to fulfil their potential as they wanted. Today, we have announced the NDIS plan to deliver on the last 20 per cent for those people. This builds on the significant achievements to date and sets a pathway forward to make sure that this world-leading scheme continues to deliver. Our target and our estimation is that 500,000 Australians will be the recipients of support through the NDIS over the next five years. The most important thing is about putting the NDIS onto a business-as-usual even keel for the longer term.