<p>National Disability Services and Every Australian Counts have released a paper showing the potential scale of the economic benefits the NDIS will bring to Victoria. New economic modelling forecasts the impact the NDIS will have on Victorian Gross State Product when fully implemented and details the potential for increased labour force participation of people with disability and their carers.</p><p>In Victoria the NDIS will:</p><ul><li>Support between 6,800 and 10,800 people with disability to find work</li><li>Support approximately 8,300 carers to return to the&nbsp;workforce</li><li>Create an employment boom in Victoria with 15,000-19,000 jobs created as a consequence</li><li>Create jobs in the Victorian disability service sector</li><li>Add up to $5.4B annually to Victoria's Gross State Product.</li></ul><p><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ndis-to-spark-multibillion-dollar-jobs-boom-in-victoria-20160306-gnbrkc">Read the article on the report in The Age</a>&nbsp;</p><p>The report uses ABS data on numbers of people with disability who would like to work but because of various restrictions have been unable to. With the NDIS, this is changed as more support becomes available to more people with disability. The report also uses data of carers who desire to return to the workforce but cannot now because of their caring responsibility. The modelling is based on an ABS survey of over 75,000 people with disability and their carers. At about one 300th of the Australian population, this makes it the largest sample survey conducted by the ABS.</p><p>State Manager for NDS in Victoria, David Moody, welcomed the data: "The NDIS is a mammoth social change for Australia, one that we need to have. What's so encouraging about this report is that it shows how financially smart the NDIS is too."</p><p>Mr Moody continued: "Up to 5.4 billion dollars growing Victoria's economy each year is very welcome news, it means jobs for people with disability, jobs for carers and jobs created in the disability sector. People with disability want to work and while the NDIS will allow many the opportunity, there are community attitudes about the employment of people with disability that need to change. It's time to break down the barriers that people with disability face every day." </p>