Submission to the National Disability

Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Attention: Committee Secretary, Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Submitted by email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Date: 28/05/2026 I welcome the opportunity to make a submission tothe Senate Standing CommitteeonCommunityAffairssaboutthetheNationalDisability InsuranceSchemeAmendment (Securing th eNDISforFutureGenerations )Bill 2026. Iamafamilymemberandcareroftwoyoungadult NDIsparticipantswithdisabilit y]. I wanttooutlinethesharmthis AmendingBil willcauseifitpasses.Iabsolutelyagreechangesmustbemade toe nsurethesurvivaloftheseschemebutmanym decisionsrevealanignoranceofthedaytod aystruggles andchallenges of people with disability an dtheirfamilies.Unreviewableministerialpowertocutfundingacrossallsupportcategories

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill

Submission 1836 The Minister can reduce funding for any support or group of supports by a specified percentage through an instrument that cannot be challenged (Schedule 1 Part 4). This applies across all budget categories. Unspent funds will no longer carry over at plan renewal (Schedule 1 Part 5). How this affects participants: A participant’s community participation, capacity building, or assistive technology funding could be cut without warning and without any right to appeal. Participants who save unspent funds across plan periodsfor high-cost itemswill losethat ability entirely. Reductionincommunityparticipationtakesmyfamilybacktothe dark ages wherewe weretrapped inside our homes.My boysneedtobe partofthecommunity.Theyneede tbe present in them community.Reduced access equals reduced quality offlife anda takes away therespite effect- -therespite breaktha family members get from each other when wecanget out and about.Takingaway previously granted AT is dangerous and possibly fatal tome eldest sonwho depends on several pieces oftAT.At times they need tob servicedor replaced.Not doingthis endangers his life.

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill

Submission 1836

Recommendation:

Require planners consult families before cuts are made. Very often individuals have clear ideas about areas without devastating impact, such as finding Behavioral Support useless after years despite established strategies yet continued funding regardless.

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 1836

People with disabilities don’t live in a vacuum. The amount of informal support available must be taken into consideration. Supports must be put into place when those informal supports decrease. Also young children with severe disabilities need access to quality interventions as early as possible to increase chances of independence later in life. Recommendation: Do not proceed with a requirement to exhaust “appropriate treatment†options – there are no safeguarding measures around participant harm due to side effects or lack of early intervention.Supports cut before replacement system is ready The issue:\From (\text{October}~{}^{th}), ~{}the government announced funding for social, civic and community participation will be reduced by fifty percent capacity building daily activities by ten per cent all participants reductions which will implemented through ministerial instrument power Schedule Part The Foundational Support System intended fill that gap has confirmed implementation date operational How this affects participants: Supports help connect their communities build skills maintain independent may be cut anything exists replace them leaving

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

Submission 1836 carers and families with greater responsibilities and no additional support. These supports are often what help people stay visible, connected and safe. Recommendation: Require that no reductions to community participation or capacity building supports take effect until Foundational Supports are fully operational, adequately funded and demonstrably able to meet the needs of those who will lose NDIS supports.