NDIS.
Delivered
where it lives.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme has been transferred to the states with a corresponding adjustment to the federal-state transfer formula. The Commonwealth retains responsibility for setting national standards and for the disability component of the basic income payment described in the welfare section.
The transfer rationalises a duplication that no other federation operates: every comparable country runs disability services at the sub-national level. State-level delivery shortens the line of accountability between provider and recipient and reduces the administrative overhead that the previous scheme had accumulated.
Funding flows through the Australian Budget Growth Fund (ABGF) — the rebuilt federal-state transfer mechanism — with a dedicated disability-services line that grows with the population it serves. National standards are set centrally; delivery is local.
No participant loses coverage during the transition. State delivery picks up from Commonwealth delivery in a single step. The continuity of service for existing participants is the binding constraint on the timeline, and the platform commits to it without qualification.