The outrage over NDIS spending always skips the actual history.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme was launched in 2013 under Julia Gillard’s Labor government. It was meant to be a proper nation-building fix for the old, broken, postcode lottery system we had before — a universal, needs-based public scheme instead of relying on charity or state scraps.
But it started going sideways under the Coalition. They pushed hard for a market-driven model: lots of private providers, plan managers, and middlemen instead of strong public delivery.

Predictably, that brought:

* extra layers of bureaucracy
* profit margins siphoned off
* wildly inconsistent quality
* and huge cost blowouts that had nothing to do with actual care

Even the critics now admit that admin overhead, coordination fees and plan managers are swallowing massive chunks of the money.
Meanwhile the scheme grew faster than anyone planned, because hundreds of thousands of people actually need the support.

So when folks blast “Labor spending” on the NDIS, they’re conveniently ignoring two things:

1) This isn’t optional fluff — it’s real people’s lives and daily support.
2) A lot of the structural waste and inefficiency was built in when it was turned into a quasi-market experiment.

Now both sides are desperately trying to rein in costs as the bill heads towards $50 billion+ a year.

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Just a side thought for those who vote #green and those who don’t. They have a lot of voters in Australia and while you are willing to believe or not believe the misleading of #onenation they also have a lot of voters. All of these voters combined suggest that a large percentage of Australians who think both major parties are garbage. Let that sink in. Then add all the seats being won by the so called #teals.

So no matter how much #albanese and #labor control the running of this country all those people of Australia listed above don't like them but don't like them less then the fast disappearing #coalition.

Why is this case: mainly because both major parties don't listen to voters they listen to lobbyists. They are lazy.