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

Submission 2215

Submission regarding the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment

(Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

May 2026

Attention to the relevant parties;

To complete this submission, I have had to utilise my support worker due to my various disabilities, just so that my voice and opinion would still matter and would be heard.

I deeply care about having access to the NDIS and maintaining my access as it has allowed me to live a life that is safer to my health and well-being, but has also allowed me to access the community in ways which I find enjoyment in. I am 35 and finally after 14 years, I no longer feel like a burden to those around me because of the support I receive from NDIS. I value and am grateful for the NDIS and the supports I receive, but I am worried about my future due to the proposed Bill.

I am opposed to the proposed Bill and know it will be extremely detrimental to the health, safety and overall well-being to both me and others with disabilities who will be affected by the proposed changes, particularly the community and social access reduction changes. I am extremely concerned that death rates WILL rise enormously if this proposed Bill is passed. I am incredibly worried and anxious that if I am affected by the proposed Bill and there is a decline to my health, safety and overall well-being, due to either reduced or insufficient supports continuing to be provided by the NDIS, then I will also become another death statistic that the NDIS will fail to acknowledge, take responsibility for and accountability.

This is the NDIS’s proposed Bill and if its’ amendments cause harm and death to those with disabilities, which was previously being safeguarded by adequate supports, then the NDIS needs to take responsibility and accountability for their actions, instead of continuing to shift the blame onto another Government Department/s.

The NDIS has not only improved lives of those with disabilities, but it has also saved participants from following through with thoughts of death by providing the vital support through NDIS. No matter what a participants’ disabilities is, I can guarantee you that almost all of them, at one point or another, have become so overwhelmed by their disability and the impact it now has on their life and functioning, that they have considered death. Now imagine how that participant will feel and think, if your proposed Bill reduces or denies them their vital supports which allowed them to live a better life, compared to without support.

NDIS will state that if a participant is having these feelings and thoughts, then they should utilise the Health Department for help, but there is only so much they can do. What excalty does the NDIS expect the Health Department to do? Currently there is nothing in place if this Bill was to be passed. They can’t fix the NDIS’s financial situation so why is it expected to fall on the Health Department. Yes, the Health Department could offer solutions like more Medicare rebates for psychology, physio and speech sessions, but they don’t have the resources to help those with disabilities to access the community and participate in society

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

Submission 2215

to alleviate associated mental health concerns associated with a persons’ disability.

Cutting participant’s social and community participation funding will not cut costs, it will cut access to partaking in social and community activities, or even worse, will cut their life short.

It isn’t appropriate nor suitable to change a participants’ individual support funding to a group style funding program. It takes away that persons’ overall autonomy. It would limit and affect their autonomy with regards to who they want to be around and associated with, the day or time that they are able to engage in such activities, they may face barriers with access needs and, their ability to interact in such environments or other people and could cause an issue with other general members of the community.

I don’t want to be forced to participate in activities that I have no interest in, during a time that doesn’t consider my disability needs, that doesn’t fit my accessibility requirements and where I can’t be removed if my disability escalates. I don’t want my disability to become my whole personality. I want to be seen as a normal person who can continue to engage in the community with the assistance of my individual support worker who understands my individual disability needs, requirements and allows for flexibility.

I do believe that there should be a well thought out amendment/s relating to the NDIS and the expenditure, however this conversation should be conversed with the disability population. It’s not the NDIS participants’ who are ‘rorting’ the system; it’s a combination of NDIS providers who act in a fraudulent manner and the NDIA not doing enough to follow through with the fraudulent tip offs. I lodged a fraudulent tip off to the appropriate NDIA pathway in April 2025, as I had multiple emails that I supplied to the NDIA, from the NDIS provider stating that they could over charge me an additional 5 hours per day, 7 days a week, because my support needs were increasing her BAS lodgements fees and staff overtime fees, and it was my responsibility to cover these costs.

When I spoke to the NDIA about the fraudulent activities and associated provider, I also expressed my great concerns around being the only participant who did not have a cognitive or intellectual disability with the provider, which put those participants in a more vulnerable position. My one fraudulent tip off, backed with evidence, could have resulted in the recuperation of fraudulently claimed NDIS money by this one provider. The NDIS provider is still operating, but worse, the NDIA failed to act. If the NDIA acted in a swift manner with a zero tolerance towards provider fraud, the NDIS expenditure would be significantly less.

I am sorry that my submission is not detailed enough but I am juggling multiple disabilities, and the expectation to do a thorough submission is impossible because the committee did not allow adequate time to do so.

Lastly, the proposed Bill, ‘securing the NDIS for Future Generations 2026’, in its current form will cause harm, increase death rates and should not be passed by Parliament.