Steve Georganas (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

In the less than two minutes that I have before adjournment, I just want to make a couple of points about the NDIS. I think many on this side of the House would agree with me. When I talk to people who have a disability, are on the NDIS and have services from the NDIS, the conversation has one common thread and there is one particular discussion that I hear from these people: 'Thank God for the NDIS. Because of the NDIS, I can now go out once a week to a particular outing,' or, 'Because of the NDIS, I can now have equipment that makes my life easier.' From listening to what's been said by the opposition and the experiences out there, we see that the NDIS, because of a Labor government, is delivering to thousands of people with a disability. That's not to say that it can't improve and that's not to say that we can't make it better and stronger. That's exactly what the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 is all about. This government is delivering on its commitment to strengthen the National Disability Insurance Scheme, to build it and to make it strong and sustainable. That is very important. We know that, back in March 2024, a couple of months ago, this government introduced legislation to this parliament to be able to do exactly that: to enable important changes that are necessary to change the NDIS, to strengthen it, to make it better and to provide better services to people with disabilities. This legislation will pave the way for improvements that put participants back at the heart of the NDIS and make sure that every taxpayer dollar in the scheme gets to the participants for whom the scheme was designed.

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