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

The National Disability Insurance Scheme is having a profound effect on the lives of people who live with disability. For the first time they have an absolutely unprecedented opportunity to actually have choice and control for themselves and for their families. We will continue to make sure that the NDIS is fully funded through a strong economy. We have seen 311,000 Australians who live with disability now being supported by the NDIS. And one of the most phenomenal figures that's contained in that 331,000 people is the 37 per cent, or nearly 115,000 people who live with disability, who are getting supports for the first time in their lives. We understand that this is a very, very important scheme for people with disability and we remain absolutely focused on rolling this scheme out in the best interests of people who have disability.