NDIA Accountability Project

Opposes Bill due to risk of participant vulnerability and provider rorting

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

Submission 2111

Hello,

Thank you for the opportunity to make a submission on the NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026.

I strongly oppose the bill. It requires major amendments if the originally-stated intentions of the NDIS are to be preserved.

OVERVIEW

This bill does not address a key cause of NDIS funds consumption – rorting by companies. It does not secure the NDIS’ future.

It merely goes after the easy targets – participants – as they’re easier to control and punish than corporate providers.

I DO NOT SUPPORT

  • loss of review rights and making it harder for participants to have their plan reassessed when needs change
  • treating people like machines more than they already are, via having machines and computer programs make life-changing and potentially life-ruining decisions.
  • 50% cut to social and community participation funding from October 2026
  • S 34A - Giving power for one person the power to cut funding
  • new functional capacity test
  • reassessment of all participants from 2028
  • “all appropriate treatments” test

I DO SUPPORT

  • NDIS Ombudsman who will investigate participants’ complaints and failings by providers, independent of the NDIA
  • Actual investigation of complaints by participants
  • Continued rollover of funds
  • Protection of plan self management. Whilst I am plan-managed, I know self-managed participants whose plan manager has been approving services that have not been delivered. Self-management can reduce wastage in admin fees, prevent providers from rorting the system by billing for services not provided, and ensure funds are available for participants for the supports that will be most effective in aiding them to live a more normal life
  • Maintaining social and community participation funds
  • Staff actually reading OT etc functional capacity assessment reports, which required NDIS funds to write, instead of the current ‘tick and flick’ approach

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

Submission 2111

  • Assessment of request for plan reviews by a human, not a machine using some formula. Assessments are already ‘tick the box’ exercises, from my experience. Having them officially done by a machine will make it even worse

  • Restoring and strengthening appeal rights

The proposed changes may well lead to Robodebt-type suicides. NDIS participants are already vulnerable. Gutting a system that enables them to stay alive, by trying to punish them instead of addressing provider rorting, will make them more so.

I look forward to confirmation of receipt of my submission.

Yours sincerely,