Submission to Senate Inquiry: The National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Hi,

I am making this submission to express my personal concerns in relation to this NDIS amendment plus the changes to the health insurance rebate for people over the age of 65.

I am an NDIS participant and aged pensioner; therefore, both budgets impact me negatively—reducing support under NDIS while increasing private healthcare costs. It’s astonishing how Labor Government benefits both disabled individuals AND pensioners simultaneously!

NDIS

The direct effects on my support include:

• Loss of Community Access Support:
  • Access to Health Professionals
  • Access to Shopping
  • Ability to leave house freely!
• Reductions in home-based care affecting feeding, cleaning & gardening tasks directly;
• Changes due provider registration requirements leading some like podiatrists, cleaners etc., advising they will ‘walk away’ if not covered financially because either:
  • Cost associated with registration/ongoing auditing or insufficient participants covering expenses.

• Result is needing registered providers where available locally (redacted), which charge more per service as a result of these new regulations.

• Proposed funding cuts for Coordinators impacting Local Area Coordination duties significantly.
• Annual proof required that disability remains permanent despite initial approval being based upon it. This process involves Functional Capacity Assessments each year at considerable cost. Additionally requiring reports from all medical professionals adds further expense to already strained NDIS budget.

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

Submission 1955

• imposition on my time requiring use support workers attend each provider increased cost plan.
  • Multiple disabilities but told can have support primary disability: o Lack some these disabilities additional burdens system cannot help wonder deliberate transfer federal state.* algorithms* The proposed algorithms evaluate decide values decidedly RoboDebt revisited worsened ability decision reviewed question Human Rights Laws breached Pope Leo warned against AI.* fraud* The ongoing fraud within program excuse changes does hold water seems from changes proposed bill fraud coming participants primarily affected fact Providers source fraud money continued flowing upward consultancy firms outsourcing private providers bureaucracy government contracts taken away people with disabilities.* Health Insurance Rebate Changes* The dramatic increase health insurance force cancel my as full-time aged pensioner every dollar counts high now hospital excess Gap means most operations result out-of-pocket around $5,000 had four last year one this so far loss of rebate will future operations occur public hospitals Add Extras cover mean using Oral Health Hearing Aids.* pensions* All above occurring while pensions not seeing real increase years annual inflation adjustment covering costs.