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

It is very clear that providing the appropriate supports to people who live with disability has a profound impact on their lives. Since the commencement of the transition to the NDIS back in July 2016, the number of NDIS participants has actually grown by 930 per cent, from 30,000 to the 310,000 people that we see today who live with disability and who are being supported by the NDIS. This is a national endeavour. It is a bipartisan approach to this national endeavour. It is a once in a lifetime, once in a generation reform. As was mentioned this morning, it is probably the largest social reform in Australia since the introduction of Medicare. We have heard a number of firsthand stories of people who live with disability and how the NDIS has empowered them and made their lives better.