National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 1089
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Introduction and Submission Objection
My submission strongly objects to the sweeping cuts and structural alterations
introduced via the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the
NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 and the accompanying 2026–27 Federal
Budget measures. While the government frames these changes as “securing the
future of the scheme“, they constitute a devastating $37.8 billion contraction that
directly targetsthe independence and safety of myself and all othervulnerable
citizens on the insurance scheme.
By utilising details from my brother’s current NDIS plan, I hope this submission will
provide Parliament with a clear explanation of how these legislative measures will
dismantle the safety of my brother and other individuals with high-complex needs.
My brother has a severe intellectual disability, Level 3 autism spectrum disorder with
a pathological demand avoidance (PDA) profile, moderate anxiety, and
characteristics of PTSD.
Goal for NDIS & Current Plan
Goal – I support that the NDIS needs to be sustainable and last in the long term.
Plan - Currently maintains my brother’s life and security for the next 5 years. It was
built upon comprehensive Functional Capacity Reports and Specialised Disability
Evidence, by practitioners who have worked alongside my family, recording and
submitting his NDIS required documents. His plan highlights the exact supports that
proposed cuts threaten to destroy.
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How Changes in this Bill Directly Impact Me
To remove my brother from this insurance scheme, or to strip away his carefully
structured funding and specialised behavioural supports, will not create
“sustainability”, it will trigger immediate regression, severe behavioural escalation,
family breakdown and an inevitable, far more costly transition into crisis-based state
care.
This Bill, if passed, will introduce structural changes that fundamentally undermine
my brother’s safety, stability, independence and our family’s long-term security.
These proposed reforms are not theoretical to us; they will have direct and deeply
personal consequences for our daily lives, wellbeing and capacity to continue
providing care and support.
My brother, our family and myself are particularly concerned about the following
proposed changes:
● The threat of exclusion from foundational supports.
● The proposed 50% reduction to social and community participation funding.
● Reductions to essential 24/7 1:1 support services.
● The redefining of parental responsibility and informal care expectations.
● The proposed 10% cut to Capacity Building – Daily Activities funding.
● The removal of diagnosis-based access criteria in favour of standardised
assessments.
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The danger of removing or significantly reducing these supports cannot be
understated. My brother’s current funding structure exists because his needs are
complex, permanent and extensively assessed by professionals. These supports are
not “extras” or conveniences, they are preventative measures that keep him safe,
regulated, connected to the community and out of crisis.
Without access to consistent behavioural intervention and specialised support
workers, there is a very real risk of rapid regression in his emotional regulation,
communication, independence and overall functioning. For individuals with high and
complex support needs, sudden disruption to routine, staffing, therapeutic supports
and community access can lead to severe distress, heightened behaviours of
concern, social withdrawal and loss of essential life skills.
The reduction or removal of 24/7 1:1 supports would place an unsustainable and
unsafe burden back onto our family. Families are already operating under enormous
emotional, physical and financial pressure. Expecting parents and or siblings to
absorb the responsibilities of highly trained disability support professionals is not only
unrealistic, it is dangerous. It places carers at significant risk of burnout, mental
health decline, financial instability, relationship breakdown and complete exhaustion.
If these proposed changes force families beyond their limits, the likely outcome is not
“reduced spending”, it is crisis escalation. Individuals who lose early intervention,
behavioural support and community-based care often end up requiring emergency
services, hospital admissions, mental health intervention, police involvement, or
long-term state-run accommodation and institutional care. These outcomes are not
only traumatic for the individual and their family, but substantially more expensive for
the government in the long term.
The proposed shift away from diagnosis-based understanding toward standardised
assessments is also deeply concerning. Many disabilities, particularly autism and
psychosocial disabilities, do not present consistently in short assessments or rigid
functional testing environments. Reducing a person’s entire lived experience to a
standardised assessment risks excluding vulnerable people who have spent years
building critical support systems that are currently working.
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National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 1089
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For families like ours, these reforms create ongoing fear and uncertainty about the
future. We are being asked to justify support that has already proven essential to
maintaining safety, dignity and stability. The removal of these supports would not
increase independence, it would dismantle the very foundation that allows
independence to exist in the first place.
Conclusion
I strongly believe that ‘The Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Bill 2026’ is a
fiscally driven attack on the lives of young disabled adults.
A Government cannot responsibly extract $37.8 billion from a scheme that handles
critical human infrastructure before an equivalent, fully operational and accessible
state-based system is built. The devil is in YOUR details and currently, those details
threaten to trap a generation of young disabled Australians in their homes, isolated,
unsupported and causing families to break down.
For these reasons, I urge the Committee to make the following recommendations to
Parliament:
▪ Withdraw the Bill.
▪ If not withdrawn, extend the Senate Committee process.
▪ Conduct an impact-driven Human Rights Review.
▪ Release all modelling re: Access, Funding, System Changes Impacts,
Workforce Impacts,
▪ Remove or restrict Determination Powers.
▪ Do not Cut Social and Community Participation Budgets.
▪ When considering eligibility or change, do not do so using automated
decision-making systems; retain a holistic individual support requirement
approach.
▪ Preserve the current plan end dates, lifelong disability cover and
reassessment rights.
▪ Remove suspension or revocation provisions.
▪ Do not commence access changes until replacement supports are evaluated
and functional.
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▪ Release information re: cost shifts from federal to state/territories.
▪ Protect Self-Management and the choice of trusted personal care
employment arrangements.
▪ Do not reduce Participant Choice and Control.
▪ Ensure further/future Consultation involves independent Disability Community
Advocacy regarding any changes and reforms.
Respectfully submitted by,
(NDIS participant’s family support, May 2026)
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