NDIA Accountability Project

Opposes bill due to potential impact on NDIS participant autonomy and access to supports

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National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Submission 1672

Inquiry:

The National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026.

Personal Submission -

I am a concerned Australian citizen. Not only do I have friends and community members who are unable to work due to disability, but I am aware that at any point any person can become disabled and I think that makes this bill an important issue for all.

My main concern about this bill is the potential to add to barriers between disabled people and their access to dignity and autonomy, increasing the likelihood of issues like homelessness and systemic abuse.

From what I understand this bill is:

  • introducing automation that has not properly been tested or trialled;
  • being introduced alongside other changes to the NDIS without yet understanding the effects of the changes it is being introduced alongside;
  • introducing stricter timelines making it more difficult for NDIS participants to communicate in a manner that accomodates disability;
  • reducing individualisation of funding decisions (meaning NDIS participants may not receive appropriate supports e.g. due to participants being kicked off of plans based on automated threshholds); and
  • forcing NDIS participants with multiple disabilities to choose which condition they are able to receive support for.

I do not support this bill. How we treat the most vulnerable in our society is a reflection of the society as a whole. Removing funding from our most vulnerable to revenue raise is laughable and an insult to the average Australian.

My concerns include:

  • that NDIS participants will not be able to access appropriate supports or have autonomy in choosing their own supports;
    • and that this lack of autonomy may result in mental health decline and/or substandard care;
  • that putting this bill together hastily and not in consultation with the disabled community will lead to NDIS particpants falling through the cracks and put them at risk of their condition/s worsening, homelessness, or death without appropriate care;
  • that not only are NDIS participants being underfunded individually but that NDIS workers and organisations are not being well/effectively funded;
  • that taking from Australians that have the least in the name of attempting to restore balance to the budget is simply cruel (and ineffective);

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Submission 1672

  • That attempting to increase efficiency within the NDIS without consulting NDIS participants and those working within the system will instead result in a reduction of care quality without an increase in efficiency (e.g., reducing the number of hours of reporting by providers could ensure more funds are used for service and less for reporting).

In 2025 we had the average Australian billionaire’s wealth growing by $600,000 a day, a highly popular push for a 25% tax on gas, and some of the most profitable banks in the world…. but as a nation we’re choosing to widen a poverty gap and target those already struggling? Doesn’t sound like a fair go to me.