Budget 2025 – Summary of DSS Budget funding
On 22 May the Government announced that more than $1 billion additional funding was confirmed in Budget 2025 for Disability Support Services (DSS) over the next four years.
This is in addition to the Government’s current investment of more than $2.5 billion a year and follows $1.1 billion invested in disability support services in Budget 2024.
New funding for DSS includes:
- $1 billion over four years towards meeting the increasing costs of disability support services, and to support more people to access those services. This includes additional funding for residential care.
- $10 million over two years to address the increasing costs for services and support for people with an intellectual disability and complex care needs, who live in secure or supervised care under the High and Complex Framework. This will also fund critical workforce training initiatives and essential infrastructure, including repairs and maintenance upgrades.
More information is available here in our Budget section: Disability Support Services Cost Pressures – Supporting Disabled People
In addition, on 9 May the Government announced a range of pre-Budget initiatives to support the Crown response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care. This included funding for DSS to make the current care system safer.