Costs must be reined in – and this can be done in a way that ensures disabled Australians can get the help they need.

The scheme cost nearly $42 billion in 2023-24 and is expected to cost more than $58 billion by 2028.

It grew by about 24 per cent a year on average from 2019-20 to 2023-24 and is now one of the biggest pressures on the federal budget.