Strong economy vital for NDIS: Abbott

Australia can only afford the NDIS with the coalition in power, Tony Abbott has told parliament. Source: AAP

OPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott says a strong economy is vital to delivering the National Disability Insurance Scheme and only the coalition can deliver both.

Joining the NDIS debate in parliament on Wednesday, Mr Abbott said a strong economy was the only guarantee the scheme would succeed.

"A rich country can afford a National Disability Insurance Scheme, a poor country cannot," he said.

"The party that you can best trust to deliver a National Disability Insurance Scheme is the party that you can most trust to deliver strong economic growth.

"Such a party is in fact the coalition," he said.

The opposition leader used his speech to renew his offer to work with the Gillard government in a bi-partisan parliamentary committee to oversee the scheme from introduction to completion.

Labor has not moved to legislate for such a committee but Mr Abbott said he would if elected.

The opposition leader called the NDIS bill one of the most complex pieces of policy ever put before the Australian parliament but said it was still a work in progress.

"It is a building site ... Is it to be a scheme such as Medicare, is it to be in effect Medicare for people with disabilities?" he said.

"Or is it to resemble more closely the workers' compensation schemes."

Earlier on Wednesday, Disability Reform minister Jenny Macklin told parliament the bill should pass both houses by the end of next week.

Debate on the NDIS has been adjourned.

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