Sky News host Chris Kenny has warned the “alarming” cost of the NDIS could overwhelm future budgets.
The NDIS financial stability report in November said the annual cost of the scheme will hit $89.4 billion in 2032, “with more than one million Australians expected to be on the program”.
“This is a massive social, health, budgetary and political issue, and it is only getting worse by the day,” he said.
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