PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000047
Policy advice - Content of advice to government
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- Since becoming the department responsible for the NDIS on 13 May 2025, what advice has the department provided government, including on:
- a. the management of financial sustainability risks in relation to the NDIS?
- b. on claimant and provider compliance with NDIS claim requirements?
- c. monitoring, measurement and reporting of NDIA performance, especially on financial sustainability and compliance with NDIS claim requirements?
Answer:
Since 13 May 2025, the department has provided advice to Government as part of a coordinated reform agenda to secure the future of the NDIS. Advice has focused on managing financial sustainability risks, strengthening compliance with claim requirements, and improving monitoring and reporting of Scheme performance. This includes advice on measures to slow rapid cost growth and restore the NDIS to its original purpose of supporting people with significant and permanent disability. Advice has been given on clearer rules about who the NDIS is for, what the NDIS funds, stronger checks on providers, and action against fraud and poor-quality services.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000048
Policy advice - Quality of policy advice to government
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- How was policy advice to government developed with regards to the management of financial sustainability risks, claimant and provider compliance with NDIS claim requirements – as well as and monitoring, measurement and reporting of NDIA performance on financial sustainability risks and compliance with NDIS claim requirements? For example:
- a. Were various policy advice and options presented to government?
- b. Was policy advice presented to government accompanied with a risk assessment? What were the key risks?
- c. Did the policy advice state what the underlying assumptions used in the development of the advice and policy options? What were the key assumptions used?
- d. Did the policy advice assess the costs and benefits of different policy options?
- e. Who was consulted in developing policy advice? Were the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), the National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission), and the state and territory governments, and non-government stakeholders consulted?
- f. How did the department assure itself that the policy advice was practical and able to be implemented?
- g. How did the department test the readiness of supporting systems?
- h. What lessons from the past has the department incorporated into its policy advice to government?
- i. Has an oversight and monitoring framework been designed and established for the implementation of policy advice? Please describe.
- j. Did policy advice contain plans for assessing the achievement of outcomes? Please describe.
Answer:
Policy advice to Government on Scheme performance, financial sustainability and compliance was developed as part of a coordinated reform agenda to secure the future of the NDIS through decisions taken by the Australian Government in the 2026-2027 Budget.
Advice focussed on key risks including rapid cost growth, fraud, non-compliance with claim requirements, and variable service quality. Measures were developed to strengthen oversight of claims, improve provider regulation, and enhance Scheme performance.
Advice drew on insights from continuous engagement with the disability community, all governments evidence from the Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, and existing data and reporting frameworks. Advice was also developed with data from key agencies, including the National Disability Insurance Agency and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission.
Implementation considerations were explicitly considered and incorporated into advice, including the staging of reforms, systems readiness, and likely impacts on participants, families, communities and providers.
Advice also considered monitoring, measurement and reporting arrangements to track sustainability, integrity, service quality and participant outcomes, supported by ongoing evaluation of reform effectiveness.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000049
Management of financial sustainability risks - Roles and responsibilities
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- As at May 2025, NDIA’s expenses were greater than its own-source income. The department outlined in its submission that it leads legislative and policy reform to improve the sustainability of the NDIS. The submission further stated that ‘The NDIA’s role, as set out in the NDIS Act, is to deliver the NDIS, manage the financial sustainability of the NDIS…’
- a. Can the department provide further details on its role in relation to the management of financial sustainability risks?
- b. Has the department received risk reporting from the NDIA in relation to the management of financial sustainability risks? If so, please detail.
- c. Does the department provide advice and guidance to the NDIA in relation to managing financial sustainability risks? If so, please elaborate.
Answer:
- a. The department’s role in managing the financial sustainability risk of the Scheme is to advise Government on policy settings, governance frameworks and accountability arrangements that support long-term Scheme sustainability. This includes advice on emerging risks and reform priorities, oversight of system level performance and supporting clear roles and accountability across portfolio entities.
- b. The department does not receive reporting from the NDIA that directly quantifies financial risk. The NDIS Annual Financial Sustainability Report (AFSR) produced by the NDIA provides NDIS cost projections and identifies cost pressures. While the AFSR does not explicitly state whether the NDIS is sustainable, the cost projections indicate whether NDIS expenditure growth targets set most recently by National Cabinet are likely to be met.
The department also receives reporting on the monitoring of Scheme reforms from the NDIA that help in the timely identification of emerging risks and the assessment of reform effectiveness.
- c. The department does not provide advice and guidance to the NDIA on the management of financial risk. The department ensures Government is advised on potential financial risks, and that the governance and policy settings of the NDIS support an effective and sustainable Scheme.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000050
Compliance with NDIS claim requirements - Roles and responsibilities
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The ANAO found that NDIS lacked basic prevention controls for fraud and non-compliance. The NDIS Commission advised the ANAO that it does not have visibility of payment arrangements for self-managed participants. The ANAO found that the NDIS Commission did not have processes in place to assure itself for compliance activities and investigations into suspected non-compliance. The NDIS Commission is not able to assess its effectiveness in the absence of quality assurance frameworks.
- a. Historically, what has been the department’s role in relation to claimant and provider compliance with NDIS claim requirements?
- b. What advice and guidance has the department provided the NDIA and NDIS Commission in relation to claimant and provider compliance with NDIS claim requirements?
- c. Has the department received risk reporting from the NDIA and the NDIS Commission in relation to claimant and provider compliance with NDIS claim requirements? If so, please detail.
Answer:
The NDIS Commission is not the authority to manage payments, claiming or financial integrity of the NDIS. Claimant and provider claim requirements are managed by the NDIA under the Compliance and Enforcement Framework.
- a. The department’s NDIS responsibilities relate to policy rather than operational oversight. Departmental staff do not have access to NDIA or NDIS Commission operational systems, and the department does not assess the compliance of NDIS claimant and provider claims.
The department receives monthly authorised NDIS datasets to enable its roles in market stewardship and providing advice to Government on Scheme performance, sustainability, and Scheme reforms.
- b. The specific elements of claim requirements sit with the NDIA. The department receives advice and guidance from the portfolio in determining policy positions that form new proposals for legislation or programs on behalf of the NDIA or the NDIS Commission. Recent reforms to strengthen the integrity of the NDIA’s functions in the NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 were informed and influenced by quantitative and qualitative data gathered by the NDIA. These proposed changes will provide the NDIA with greater oversight and the ability to track and validate claims from providers. This will reduce fraud, and ensure public funds are spent on genuine disability supports. This will also make payments simpler for both participants and providers while improving visibility of claims and payments.
Additional reforms were announced in the 2026-27 Budget to extend the Fraud Fusion Taskforce (FFT) and NDIA’s Payment Integrity Workforce, along with an additional ICT uplift that builds on the successful Crack Down on Fraud program to enable greater payment visibility and accountability,
- c. The department receives multiple products relating to risk reporting from the NDIA and the NDIS Commission through both its oversight as policy lead for the portfolio and as a member of the FFT. The FFT provides high level visibility of issues within government payment programs, including the NDIS. This information is used for market analyses and to assist with policy proposals; however, the department does not have visibility of transactional data. Responsibility for NDIS claim requirements sits with the NDIA.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000051
Compliance with NDIS claim requirements - Market Stewardship Framework
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The ANAO found that the NDIA has not established a fit-for-purpose framework for managing NDIS claim compliance. The ANAO recommended developing and implementing a strategy or plan that set’s out the NDIS Commission’s approach to market oversight, including monitoring. The NDIS Commission stated that it would work collaboratively with the NDIA and the department to develop a series of guiding documents that makeup the updated Market Stewardship Framework.
- a. Has the department been involved in the development and update of the Market Stewardship Framework?
- b. What has been the progress on the development and update of the Market Stewardship Framework?
- c. How are the fraud and compliance issues impacting the financial sustainability of the NDIS?
Answer:
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a. Yes. The Department is involved in the development and update of the Market Stewardship Framework. The Department is leading this work in partnership with the NDIA and the NDIS Commission, and in consultation with states and territories.
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b. Development of the Market Stewardship Framework is underway. Work is progressing to develop a framework that clarifies roles and responsibilities across the Australian and state and territory governments, including in relation to market monitoring and provider of last resort arrangements.
- c. The current estimate of financial integrity loss from non-compliant, incorrect or fraudulent activity in the NDIS is approximately 8.3 per cent of NDIS claims. Some of this is re-claimed through debt recovery processes and successful interventions, including prosecutions.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000052
Monitoring, measurement and reporting of NDIA performance - Data capture
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The department’s submission says that ‘The NDIA captures data for the monitoring of participant outcomes, sustainability targets, reforms implementation, and to allow the effective administration of the NDIS. Some of this data and related outputs are shared with the department. The department’s policy and oversight responsibilities include ‘managing Commonwealth-state relationships and policy and program interfaces between the NDIS and other systems’.
- a. Is the department aware of any challenges and roadblocks to interfacing and data sharing between, NDIS Commission, NDIA and the states and territories?
- b. Does the department receive the data it requires to effectively carry out its policy and oversight responsibilities? Please provide detail.
- c. Please confirm whether there is a Memorandum of Understanding, or an equivalent framework in place, to formalise and operationalise data sharing arrangements. Please outline these.
Answer:
- a. Acting within the data sharing arrangements in place, DHDA collaborates with the NDIA, NDIS Commission and States and Territories to meet portfolio responsibilities. Agreed privacy protection protocols are implemented to ensure participant information is de-identified and aggregated before data is shared outside the NDIA or DHDA, including data shared with states and territories.
A challenge to data sharing between agencies is the time required to locate and organise data held in agencies outside structured, centralised databases – for example, information captured in reports attached to individual participant casefiles. This includes qualitative information from participants and providers and free text responses in surveys and forms.
- b. The department receives a monthly administrative dataset from the NDIA that is used for analysis and modelling to support its policy and oversight roles. It receives other information from the NDIA and the NQSC on an ad hoc basis as needed.
The department’s ability to fully carry out its policy and oversight responsibilities is affected by limitations and gaps in the data collected about the NDIS. These include lack of data about:
- Workers in the NDIS, such as qualifications, remuneration, rostering or the number of hours worked
- NDIS business information such as financial data to inform market stewardship
- Supports purchased through self-managed payments
- Outcomes for participants linked to specific supports, such as capacity building therapies.
In addition, the challenges described in part (a) mean that information captured in decentralised sources is not able to be fully utilised.
- c. A data sharing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DHDA and the NDIA is under development, to replace the MoU that existed between DSS and the NDIA prior to responsibility for NDIS policy moving to DHDA in the 2025 Machinery of Government change. In the interim a data sharing Public Interest Certificate is in place.
The NDIA has similar arrangements to facilitate data sharing in place with other agencies and state and territory governments.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000053
Monitoring, measurement and reporting of NDIA performance - Data analysis and performance measures
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The ANAO found that there were no performance measures in the 2023–24 performance statements relating to the NDIA’s management of fraud and non-compliance and NDIS financial sustainability. The department explained in its submission that some of data and related outputs are shared with the department, allow the department to brief Executive and Ministers on NDIS financial sustainability, outcomes and performance. ‘The department monitors NDIA information, data, research and analysis to enable the department to perform its policy and oversight responsibilities.’
- a. Describe the monitoring and data analysis undertaken by the department using the data and related outputs that are shared with the department.
- b. In its policy and oversight role, has the department established performance targets and measures in relation to the financial sustainability of the NDIS, and compliance with NDIS claim requirements?
If so, please describe them.
Answer:
- a. Each month, the department receives National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Authorised Datasets under a Public Interest Certificate (PIC). Each quarter the department also receives NDIS outcomes data and an embargoed copy of the NDIS Quarterly Report.
The department uses this data to undertake targeted analysis of policy questions and emerging issues as required. The department also uses NDIS data to prepare briefing notes and develop internal reporting dashboards on topics relevant to departmental responsibilities including NDIS sustainability and NDIS markets.
As part of its market stewardship role, the department maintains a workforce model that estimates the size and composition of the NDIS workforce and forecasts expected workforce demand.
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b. The department’s portfolio performance measures for the Budget Year 2025–26 are set out in the Corporate Plan 2025-26 available at the following website, https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/corporate-plan-2025-26
- Performance Measure 4.2A: The extent to which the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is advising on and/or delivering market initiatives that influence the development of the market and workforce for NDIS participants (Planned result: The department has advised on and/or delivered at least 8 market initiatives to develop the market and workforce).
- Performance Measure 4.2B: NDIS cost growth is sustainable (Planned result: Annual Scheme cost growth no more than 8%).
- Performance Measure 4.2C: Legislative amendments developed for Government (Planned result: Participants transition to new framework planning and access reform enables diversion of children to foundational supports).
Compliance with NDIS claim requirements is an operational matter for the National Disability Insurance Agency.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000054
Monitoring, measurement and reporting of NDIA performance - Evidence Advisory Committee (EAC)
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The EAC was announced in the 2024-25 Budget, as part of the response to the NDIS Review. The EAC provides advice to ‘government based on the best available evidence about the benefits, quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of NDIS supports, with a focus on improving participant outcomes and experiences.’ ‘The department provides secretariat support to the EAC, undertakes desktop research and data analysis, and coordinates the production of assessment reports by independent subject-matter experts for EAC consideration.’ The NDIA and NDIS Commission are engaged throughout the EAC assessment process – their role includes sourcing data for evidence assessments.
- a. Does the work of the EAC cover the management of financial sustainability risks and compliance with NDIS claim requirements – as well as the NDIA’s performance in relation to these matters? If so, what has the EAC observed in relation to the management of financial sustainability risks, compliance with NDIS claim requirements – as well as the NDIA’s performance in relation to these matters?
- b. To date, how many EAC assessment reports have been published? What have these reports observed in relation to the management of financial sustainability risks and compliance with NDIS claim requirements – as well as the NDIA’s performance in relation to these matters?
- c. Has the department experienced any issues in sourcing data from the NDIA and NDIS Commission?
Answer:
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a. Management of financial sustainability risks, compliance with NDIS claim requirements and matters of NDIA performance are outside the scope of the EAC’s role.
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b. No EAC assessments have yet been published.
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c. The CEO of the NDIA signed an Information Disclosure Determination under subsection 66(1)(b) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth), authorising the disclosure of agency information to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing to support the operations of the Evidence Advisory Committee. The NDIA has set up a central coordination point within the agency to manage information requests from the department relating to the EAC.
There is not an equivalent formal agreement with the NDIS Commission specific to the work of the EAC; however, information is shared between the Commission and department in accordance with on-disclosure agreements each agency has with the NDIA.
The department has experienced some issues in sourcing NDIS data to inform EAC assessments. These relate to the types of data collected and the ability of the NDIA and NDIS Commission to identify information in decentralised systems at the level of granularity required, not a lack of commitment to data sharing.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000055
Monitoring, measurement and reporting of NDIA performance - Implementation of ANAO recommendations
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- Does the department have oversight of the NDIA’s progress in relation to implementation ANAO recommendations? Is there a feedback mechanism related to the progress?
Answer:
- The Department does not maintain formal oversight of the NDIA’s implementation of Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) recommendations. However, in its role as policy lead for the NDIS, the Department engages regularly with the NDIA on matters relating to Scheme performance, sustainability and integrity. This includes ongoing engagement through established governance, briefing and information-sharing processes, which provide visibility of operational issues. These interactions support a feedback mechanism whereby insights from operations, data and stakeholder engagement inform discussions on Scheme operations, the legislative frameworks and policy design. This contributes to continuous improvement in the operation, oversight and sustainability of the Scheme.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000056
Reform implementation - Monitoring of reform implementation
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The department stated in its submission to the inquiry that its policy and oversight responsibilities include ‘monitoring and evaluating the implementation and outcomes of the NDIS reforms’. Some submissions to the inquiry note the burden placed on participants, providers and the workforce from multiple reforms that have been introduced without clear sequencing, transition planning or assessment of cumulative impacts.
- a. How does the department track and monitor progress of reform implementation?
- b. What systems does the department have to measure the effectiveness of reform implementation outcomes?
- c. Does the department capture lessons learned from reform implementation? If so, please outline the lessons learned.
- d. Is the government advised of monitoring and evaluation for the implementation and outcomes of the NDIS reforms?
Answer:
- a. The department monitors the implementation of NDIS reforms through portfolio reporting, departmental project management tools, and relevant governance forums.
- b. The department uses a range of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to assess reform implementation outcomes. This includes the NDIS Outcomes Framework, NDIA administrative data, initiative-specific monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and targeted reviews.
- c. Yes. The department captures lessons learned through its project management framework and governance processes.
- d. Yes. The department provides advice to Government on the implementation and outcomes of NDIS reforms through regular reporting, governance processes, and evaluation activity.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000057
Reform implementation - Reform Advisory Committee
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The department’s submission outlined its role in providing secretariat support to the NDIS Reform Advisory Committee (NDIS RAC), which was established in 2025 following the recommendation of the 2023 Independent NDIS Review (NDIS Review). The NDIS RAC provides independent advice from people with disability to the Disability Reform Ministerial Council and the Minister for the NDIS. This committee monitors and advises on the implementation of NDIS reforms.
- a. How does the department monitor progress of reform implementation?
- b. What systems does the NDIS RAC use to measure the effectiveness of reform implementation outcomes?
- c. Does the NDIS RAC capture lessons learned from reform implementation? If so, please outline the lessons learned.
Answer:
- a. The department monitors progress of reform implementation through established governance arrangements and assurance processes, including collaboration with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
- b. The NDIS RAC’s remit is to provide advice related to the process, timing, community views and substance of the implementation of NDIS reforms. It is not required to measure the effectiveness of reform implementation outcomes. The NDIS RAC formally reports to Disability Reform Ministers Council (DRMC) every six months on their views of the implementation of reforms to the NDIS.
- c. Identifying lessons learned is the responsibility of the department. The NDIS RAC may contribute lessons learned through the NDIS RAC’s 6-monthly reports to DRMC.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY QUESTION ON NOTICE
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
15 May 2026
PDR Number: IQ26-000058
Collaboration
Written
Chair: Josh Burns
Question:
- The department also has established arrangements for supporting inter-agency collaboration with the NDIA and the NDIS Commission. A submission to the inquiry raised a concern regarding the lack of clarity regarding the roles and responsibilities of government bodies involved in the NDIS.
- a. Describe the working relationship between the NDIA and NDIS Commission.
- b. Is the collaboration between the NDIA and NDIS Commission effective? Please elaborate.
- c. Are roles and responsibilities clear between the department, NDIA and NDIS Commission?
- d. Have efforts been made to clarify and communicate with non-government stakeholders the relevant and joint roles and responsibilities between the department, NDIA and NDIS Commission? Please outline the efforts
Answer:
12a & b.
Stewardship of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is shared between the Department of Health Disability and Ageing, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission).
This shared stewardship requires ongoing collaboration to support Scheme sustainability and participant outcomes.
The NDIA and the NDIS Commission collaborate on operational and regulatory matters where their roles intersect, including participant safety and provider oversight. This collaboration is supported by established governance and information-sharing arrangements, enabling coordinated responses and consistent Scheme operation while preserving each body’s independence in exercising its statutory functions.
12 c. These roles and responsibilities are distinct and defined in legislation and are designed to operate in a complementary way.
The NDIA is responsible for delivering the NDIS, managing financial sustainability of the NDIS, developing and enhancing the disability sector, building community awareness, and undertaking data collection and research relating to disability.
The NDIS Commission is responsible for regulating the quality and safety of NDIS supports and services, including provider registration, compliance and enforcement.
The Department of Health Disability and Ageing (DHDA) is responsible for policy development, legislation and whole-of-government oversight of disability reform, including the NDIS.
12 d. Efforts have been made to support understanding of these roles among stakeholders.
Information about the respective roles and responsibilities of DHDA, the NDIA and the NDIS Commission is publicly available, including on agency websites.
The DHDA, the NDIA and the NDIS Commission also engage directly with participants, providers and stakeholders through guidance materials, education activities and stakeholder forums, which include information on their respective roles and interactions.
The DHDA, NDIA and the NDIS Commission continuously consider opportunities to improve clarity and communication with stakeholders. For example, by ensuring representatives from all agencies are present when communicating aspects of NDIS reform announced in the 2026-27 Budget to stakeholders.