National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 1295
I am writing as a constituent to express my strong concern about the proposed changes and cuts to the NDIS. These changes risk reducing access to essential supports for disabled Australians and creating greater uncertainty for participants and families.
The NDIS was created to support dignity, inclusion, and independence. These proposed changes risk undermining those principles and could leave vulnerable Australians without the support they rely on every day.
Cutting the NDIS is also bad economics. Denying people essential support does not save money, it simply shifts the cost onto hospitals, emergency services, and mental and social health systems, costing taxpayers far more.
It is unacceptable that the government attempts to justify cutting essential supports like the NDIS while major multinational and resource companies such as mining, gas, and tech corporations continue to report paying little to no corporate tax. We need taxation of large profits instead of reducing vital disability supports.
Reform efforts of the NDIS should focus on addressing the systemic failures and regulatory gaps that allowed large-scale fraud and exploitation to happen. Not cutting essential supports for disabled people who rely on these services to live safely and independently.
I am particularly concerned about:
- The narrowing of what is considered an eligible NDIS support, which may exclude necessary therapies, equipment, and daily living assistance.
- Cost-cutting measures being prioritised over the wellbeing, independence, and long-term outcomes of people with disability.
- The potential shifting of supports away from the NDIS without clear guarantees that mainstream services can meet people’s needs.
- The removal of independent support workers. Many people with disabilities choose independent workers because they have previously experienced abuse, neglect, or institutionalised approaches from larger registered providers. Independent support workers often provide more consistent, person-centred care and allow participants greater choice, safety, trust, and control over their own lives.
- The proposed 30–50% cuts to social and community participation are very alarming, especially when so many NDIS participants are already underfunded in this area. People with disabilities deserve the same right as anyone else to build friendships, maintain social connections, and be part of their community. The reality of these cuts is severe isolation, leaving people confined to their homes, cut off from the world, and living in conditions that resemble solitary confinement, which is psychological torture and deeply dehumanising.
- Increased reassessments and administrative barriers that place additional stress on participants and carers.
- Proposed funding limitations that may reduce individual choice and flexibility in accessing supports.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 1295
- Cuts to capacity building supports. They are what build independence and long-term skills, and cutting them only increases exclusion from education, work, and community life.
- The proposed reforms of access to supports could shift from being based on a person’s support needs to being tied to compliance with specific medical interventions or treatment pathways. People with disabilities must retain full autonomy over their own bodies and medical decisions. No one should ever risk losing essential supports and funding for choosing not to pursue a particular medical treatment.
I urge you to oppose measures that reduce access to essential supports and to advocate for reforms that strengthen, rather than weaken, the NDIS.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your response.
Kind regards,