Mr ROBERT (Fadden—Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services) (14:47): I thank the member for Berowra for his question and his deep interest in the 1,535 participants in the NDIS and over 700 providers in his electorate. The great thing about a strong economy and the dividends from it is that you're able to deliver services that matter to Australians. The NDIS is a great national endeavour. The Morrison government is backing in those with disability and their family and carers, and we are absolutely and utterly committed to delivering the NDIS. Under this government the NDIS will always be fully funded. We will always have the money available and we'll always support those with disability. It's important to note that this is a world-first once-in-a-generation reform. Frankly it's the biggest since Medicare and it will support up to 500,000 Australians within the next five years. It's something that we, as a parliament, should embrace as a truly bipartisan initiative for the benefit of all Australians. There are right now 300,000 Australians enjoying the benefits of the NDIS and—something we should celebrate—there are 100,000 Australians receiving a service for the very first time. Member for Berowra, that includes 554 of your constituents, who are receiving a service for the first time in their life. That is something this parliament, together, should celebrate. Funding for the NDIS, like any demand driven program, is revised at every budget update to reflect the latest estimates. Building a strong budget is key, because that enables us to make the critical investments we need to make. Earlier this year we announced significant pricing increases. From 1 July this year an additional $1.6 billion is being provided into the market for 2019-20 to encourage sustainability and innovative services to assist not just the participants in the member for Berowra's seat but participants in everyone's seat across the country. Over the next three years we'll invest $398 million into information linkages and capacity-building programs. At the very last meeting of all ministers across the country we agreed to put in $90 million, to deal with and solve some of the interfaces at a health level, and in a few weeks time we'll gather the DRC ministers again to tackle justice and mental health issues. Delivering this groundbreaking reform to improve outcomes for Australians with significant and permanent disability is an absolute and utter priority for the Morrison government, and I know it's a real priority for the parliament.