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Concerns about NDIS Bill protections (Individual advocacy)

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About the new NDIS Bill

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Rainbow Rights and Advocacy Project worker &&Peer worker &

Important message

This submission talks about concerns about the Bill. It does not say we agree with the Bill.

Why we wrote this in Easy English:

ThesesubmissionsarewritteninEasylexbecausetheyareselfforself advocatesandpeoplewithdisability.Manypeoplenegovernmentinformationhardtoread.Someneedsshort sentences,clearwordsandsimplelayoutstounderstandwhatchangesmay meanfthem.EasyEnglishhelpsmorespakeupaboutthe ndisbill.TheNDisourlives,ourownightsupport.

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

Submission 1748

We should be able to understand the information and be part of decisions that affect us.

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

Submission 1748

About Us
We Are Rainbow Rights And Advocacy.
We Are A Self Advocacy Group.
We Support People In The LGBTQIA+ People With Intellectual Disability Speak Up About Issues That Are Important To Them, And Learn About Their Rights.
Many Of Our Members Use The NDIS.
We Know What Good Support Looks Like.
We Know What Happens When Support Is Not There.

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 1748

Key facts about the Bill

  • The Bill was introduced to Parliament in May redacted
  • Submissions close on redacted: s35.

This bill is rushed:

  • We have no time properly understand how it affects us or speak up.`
  • Self-advocates NEED accessible information, like easy read text with thinking space.
  • SARU helped write lots because we are rushed but should get more time & support leading this work instead.

Social and Community Support must not be cut: Social supports help people:`

  • Do things out-of-home needed,
  • Make/friends,
  • Go to appts/shopping,
  • Attend advocacy group meetings,
  • Learn new skills,
  • Use public transportation services,
  • Join local communities.

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill

Submission 1748

  • speak up This support is not extra. It helps people have a real life. Without it, people may be stuck at home.They may become lonely or unsafe. We ask: Do not cut community support for everyone.Look at what each person needs.If there are people who are not eligible for the NDISand are scamming the system, tthere are different waysto solvethat problemt.The money shouldnt’takeawayfromeveryone.

Submission 1748

Assessments must be fair

The Bill talks about new assessments.

Assessments must understand real life.

Some people:

  • Need help to explain their needs
  • Have good days and bad days
  • Use different ways to communicate
  • Feel scared in meetings
  • Say they are okay when they are not okay
  • Need someone they trust with them Assessments must listen to the person. Assessments must also listen to people the person trusts. We ask: No one should lose NDIS support because of an unfair assessment. Choice and control must stay

The NDIS should let people choose.

P#####ople should be able to choose:

  • Their workers
  • Their providers
  • Their support coordinator
  • Their plan manager How they use their support Trust is very important. New rules must not take this away.

Submission 1748

         We ask: Keep real choice and control in the NDIS.

Submission 1748

People need help when life changes. Life can change quickly. A person may need more support if:

  • Their carer gets sick,
  • They leave hospital,
  • They move house,
  • They are unsafe at home,
  • Their mental health gets worse,
  • Their provider stops helping them. People should not have to wait too long for help. We ask: Make sure people can get urgent plans changed when they need them. Advocacy must be funded many people need support to speak up. Self advocacy groups help people:
  • Understand changes; Know their rights;- Speak up at meetings;-Make complaints,-Ask for reviews,-Stay connected with others.-If the NDIS changes, people will need more advocacy support and not less.

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

Submission 1748
We ask: Fund independent advocacy and self advocacy groups properly.

What we want the Senate Committee to do We ask the Senate Committee to make sure the Bill:

  • protect choices and control
  • protect social and community support
  • make assessments fair
  • let people get plan changes if their circumstances or needs have changed since they last made a choice about how best meet those needs in line with what is set out under section X of this Act,
  • fund advocacy services, including peer-to-peer training programs that are run independently from service providers who provide other supports as outlined above;
  • listen before making decisions on any proposed changes which may impact upon individuals receiving disability benefits such as increases/decreases in funding levels.