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Minutes of the Independent Advisory Council to the NDIS — Meeting 3 — 22 September 2021

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Independent Advisory Council

Minutes of the Independent Advisory Council to the NDIS

Meeting 3 — 22 September 2021 1.30pm to 5.00pm, hosted on MS Teams

Members

Ms Robyn Kruk AO (Principal Member) Ms Leah Van Poppel (Deputy Chair) Ms Kerry Allan-Zinner

Dr Sharon Boyce

Ms Jennifer Cullen

Mrs Judy Huett

Dr Leighton Jay

Ms Sylvana Mahmic

Ms Tricia Malowney OAM

Mr James Manders

Ms Sam Paior

Ms Liz Reid AM

Mr Mark Tonga

Expert Adviser

Dr Ben Gaunitlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner

NDIA Representatives

Dr Helen Nugent, NDIA Board Chair

Mr Martin Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer

Ms Nicole Glazebrook, Chief Financial Officer

Mr Oliver Bladek, Deputy CEO, Design, Digital and Strategy

Dr Sam redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material General Manager, Policy, Advice and Research

Mr Trent redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Branch Manager, Agency Policy

Ms Fiona redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Director, Independent Advisory Council

Ms Carly redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Secretariat, Independent Advisory Council

Ms Hannah redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Assistant Director, Independent Advisory Council

Ms Lirije redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Assistant Director Communications, Independent Advisory Council

Ms Jaklin redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Senior Project Officer, Independent Advisory Council

Attending

Ms Karen redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Group Manager, Disability Strategy Group

Ms Sarah redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Branch Manager ILC Program, Department of Social Services

Mr Stephen redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Branch Manager Disability Policy, Department of Social Services

Ms Kate redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material Director

Ms Belinda redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material AM, Council’s Independent Consultant

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Apologies

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1. Principal Member’s welcome and open

1.1. Principal Member’s welcome

The Principal Member opened the meeting at 1.32pm.

The Principal Member acknowledged the Traditional Owners of the lands on which Members, Expert Adviser and attendees were meeting.

The Principal Member:

  • advised Members a review into the current Council sitting fee payment process is complete, and Ms Glazebrook will present a proposed new approach later in the meeting;

  • expressed thanks to all Members for their participation at the recent co-design workshops, noting they were productive. She acknowledged Dr redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material his team and the Members involved in the co-design Steering Committee for their valuable work;

  • advised that Council’s 2021-2022 Work Plan was released earlier this month and would be presented to the Minister for the NDIS at the October Council meeting;

  • noted Council’s Annual Report has been released, commending the breadth of work achieved by Council during an unprecedented year.

The Principal Member acknowledged all the work occurring out of session, thanking Members for working collaboratively with the Agency to provide advice and expertise on important topics.

The Principal Member noted the following additional information available in the Resource Centre on Diligent:

  • Participant Reference Group meeting report from Ms Allan-Zinner
  • Out of Session meeting reports from Ms redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material on:
    • the Partnership Agreement
    • Support Coordination consultation
    • Self-Management subgroup NDIS App demo
    • LAC Best Practice Service Model
    • Home and Living Policy subgroup
    • Complex Support Needs review consultation
    • CEO briefing on home and living decision making
  • Action log of issues raised during previous CEO update and Members reports sessions

1.2. Minutes, matters arising and declarations of interest

Council noted the updated register of conflicts of interest circulated in advance of the meeting.

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