These are the facts:

Australian social security budget: about $120 billion

Australian NDIS budget: about $52 billion

Number of working Australians: 14.6 million

Number of welfare recipients in Australia: about 5.4 million, or about the entire population of Melbourne.

Number of NDIS recipients in Australia: about 661,000

That’s about $78,500 per NDIS recipient.

Democracy can last only up to that point the majority realise they can vote themselves largess from the public purse.

G'day again :-)

Just to clarify to all.

> Number of welfare recipients in Australia: about 5.4 million, or about the entire population of Melbourne.

That's the number of unique Australians who get any form of income support at least once in a full reporting year, and there are a number of one off and short term payment types.

It includes many people who are working, a number on pensions, likely children (I haven't dug deep, etc), students, and others.

It's not the case that there are 5 million dole bludgers spending the year on the piss at the TAB, pulling bongs on the couch, etc.

There's quite the list of support types here: https://www.dss.gov.au/income-support-payments

It includes assistance for real Job seekers and helps keep them from being a greater problem, assistence with starting small businesses, etc.

>Democracy can last only up to that point the majority realise they can vote themselves largess from the public purse.

You wish people would go back to forming loving families, but you believe people will naturally leave others to die in poverty and sickness once their eyes open.

Which one is it, nandomrumber?