Rolling out DisabilityCare Australia across the country

Helping thousands of Australians

A reform as big as this takes time to implement. The Government will roll out DisabilityCare Australia gradually, so that people with disability are supported to transition to the new scheme. This will also enable governments and service providers to learn from early implementation to inform the rollout across Australia.

Full national coverage

The Government will roll out DisabilityCare Australia in full between July 2016 and July 2019 with the agreement of the States and Territories.

DisabilityCare Australia will have full coverage across the Australian Capital Territory by July 2016, in New South Wales and South Australia by July 2018, and Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory by July 2019. This will see the scheme cover around 90 per cent of the total Australian population.

The Government is continuing to work towards the goal of having full national coverage by July 2019. This would directly assist around 460,000 people with significant and permanent disability.