Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Since coming to government in 2013, we have consistently and accurately noted that the Labor Party left a funding gap for the NDIS in the year 2020, which starts at $4 billion and grows very rapidly after that. Now, there are three ways that you can pay for that funding gap: you can find savings in the budget, you can borrow more money or you can increase taxes. That funding gap will be met but our very strong preference is to find savings. So for members opposite, who still try and maintain this bizarre myth that it was fully funded, let me read you the best and last explanation that was given by the member for Jagajaga as to that funding gap. When contacted by The Australian with respect to an article where we noted again that there is a funding gap in 2020:

'A spokesman for Ms Macklin told The Australian he had, "stopped caring, bothering" about explaining Labor's funding of the scheme.

How utterly extraordinary. Mind you, a lie as big as the one that you had funded the gap—here it comes, we do not like it.

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