NDIA Accountability Project

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025

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Proposed reforms to NDIS regulatory powers and safeguards

Independent advocacy

Submission 41: Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia

Impact on providers of proposed changes to NDIS integrity and safeguarding measures

Submission 34: Allied Health Professions Australia

Supports Bill with guidance on enforcement and pricing for provider capacity

Submission 21: Aruma

NDIS provider concerns over punitive approach to regulation

AutismCerebral palsy
Personal care supportDomestic assistancePlan management

Submission 27: Attain Healthtech

Submission 32 — Australian Association of Social Workers — National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025

Independent advocacy

Submission 32: Australian Association of Social Workers

Strengthening regulatory integrity and safeguarding within the NDIS

Autism
Augmentative and alternative communication devicesIndependent advocacy

Submission 23: Australian Autism Alliance

Cooling-off period and accessibility of claim submissions

AutismHearing loss and deafnessBlindness and low visionDeafblindnessCerebral palsyMultiple sclerosis
Independent advocacy

Submission 14: Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

Concerns regarding safeguards and access to assistive technology and home modifications

Home modifications

Submission 18: Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association

Worker exploitation, fraud against NDIS participants, and workplace safety concerns in the disability sector

Counselling

Submission 51: Australian Services Union

Strengthening safeguards, restoring public trust and improve outcomes

Submission 19: Carers and Advocates Australia

Recommendations to strengthen electronic claims forms processes

Intellectual disability

Submission 26: Children and Young People with Disability Australia

Strengthening the regulatory framework to safeguard NDIS participants and strengthening the integrity of the NDIS

Home modifications

Submission 35: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, NDIA, and NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Anti-promotion powers for disability advocacy services

Home modificationsPlan managementIndependent advocacy

Submission 20: Disability Advocacy Network Australia

Impact on vulnerable regions and cohorts with disability

Support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 1: Disability Advocacy Service

Safeguarding NDIS participants: Addressing NDIA accountability and penalties

Submission 16: Dr Alan Hough

Strengthening safeguards and procedural fairness within the NDIS

Submission 17: Every Australian Counts

Submission to the Inquiry to NDIS (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025

Submission 46: Hireup

Strengthening NDIS integrity through whistleblower protections

Psychology

Submission 31: Human Rights Law Centre

Submission 29 — Inclusion Australia — National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025

Intellectual disabilityDown syndrome
Independent advocacy

Submission 29: Inclusion Australia

Increased penalties and their impact on NDIS providers and participants

Short term accommodationSpecialist disability accommodationPlan management

Submission 37: Intrepidus Law

Payment claim processes for participants with disabilities

Submission 28: Justice and Equity Centre

Concerns about integrity and risk management within the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Blindness and low vision
Speech pathologyDomestic assistancePlan managementIndependent advocacy

Submission 49: Linda Howard-Fielding

Complex and fluctuating disability requires adaptable supports

Autism
Plan management

Submission 45: Mr Axel Andersen

Automated verification systems and Director ID data integration to prevent fraud

Submission 11: Mr Bradley Mitchell

Family's concerns regarding NDIA support for son with intellectual disability and husband with Parkinson’s Disease

AutismIntellectual disabilityEpilepsy

Submission 10: Mrs Helen Harrop

Critical NDIS amendment risks life and death outcomes

Occupational therapyWalking aids

Submission 52: Ms Cat Walker

Concerns about NDIS assessment processes for children with disabilities

Global developmental delay
Occupational therapy

Submission 7: Ms Catherine Durant

Procedural fairness and clinical reports for NDIS participants

Autism
Occupational therapyPsychologyPlan management

Submission 50: Ms Shirley Humphris

Complex disability supports and risk of hospitalisation

Personal care support

Submission 13

Frontline experience supporting participants with psychosocial and progressive disabilities

Support coordination

Submission 12

Insufficient consideration of allied health evidence and functional context in NDIS assessments

AutismAcquired brain injuryMultiple sclerosis
Occupational therapyCommunity access supportWheelchairsWalking aids

Submission 6

Mother's experience with NDIS plan reviews and legal costs for child with Cerebral Palsy

Hearing loss and deafnessCerebral palsyEpilepsy
Walking aids

Submission 4

NDIS participant’s concerns about data security, AI integration, and systemic abuse

AutismHearing loss and deafness
Speech pathologyWalking aidsSupport coordination

Submission 42

Potential erosion of participant choice and control regarding plan variations

Submission 5

Safeguarding Must Protect People with Disability — Not Punish Them

Submission 8

Support coordination functions as an informal integrity control

Support coordination

Submission 3

Impact on Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations

Global developmental delay
Independent advocacy

Submission 39: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)

NDIS Amendment (Integrity & Safeguarding) Bill refinements

Positive behaviour support

Submission 43: National Disability Services

Supplementary submission 43.1

Concerns about disproportionate impacts on CALD people with disability

Submission 44: National Ethnic Disability Alliance

Strengthening NDIS safeguards for people with complex disability

Autism
Occupational therapy

Submission 2: Occupational Therapy Society (OTSi)

Recommendations for safeguarding NDIS participant rights and supporting providers

Independent advocacy

Submission 15: People with Disability Australia

Expanded Regulatory Powers and Safeguards under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill 2025

Intellectual disabilityHearing loss and deafness
Occupational therapySpeech pathologyExercise physiologyDietetics and nutrition supportMusic therapySupport coordination

Submission 33: Professionals Australia

Safeguarding failures due to underfunded Support Coordination

Support coordinationPlan management

Submission 38: Propel Pathways Pty Ltd

Supports strengthening penalties to deter wrongdoing in NDIS

Independent advocacy

Submission 30: Purple Orange

Integrated worker screening and safeguarding registers for children with disabilities

Submission 36: Queensland Family and Child Commission

Risks to NDIS participants who self-manage and self-direct their supports

Personal care support

Submission 22: Self Manager Hub

Strengthening safeguards for NDIS participants through enhanced regulatory powers

Occupational therapy

Submission 25: Sisu Therapies

GP involvement in the NDIS and plan reviews

Submission 9: The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Provider enforcement and NDIS Provider Register requirements

Submission 24: Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania

Legal considerations for NDIS participants and plan variations

Intellectual disabilityBlindness and low vision
Independent advocacy

Submission 40: Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc.

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