The scheme was a promise of the Gillard government in 2012. But that promise was unfunded, which made it more like a good idea than well-thought-out public policy.

That is now about to be rectified. How well it is rectified will be up to the Senate where, as we have reported, Treasurer Scott Morrison appears to be confident a deal can be struck with enough crossbenchers to put the scheme on a sound financial footing at last. The government wants to raise the Medicare levy from its present 2 per cent of income to 2.5 per cent in order to fund the NDIS.

Source: Fairfax