National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2256
I cannot emphasise enough how detrimental to so many people this bill will be if passed for following reasons.
As if it’s not difficult enough now to get a successful application via NDIS now the proposed changes are going to make it virtually impossible for anyone to be accepted. We are talking about vulnerable people, needing help, not the ones who are ripping off the system. We are talking about destroying lives of those struggling, not the top of the chain CEO’s driving around in their Lexus’s etc. The changes will only affect the bottom feeders! I have tried 3 times to be approved myself, always being asked for more supporting documentation, but due to the timeframe and records being destroyed after 7 years, I can’t provide what they need.
I have a husband whom has an Acquired Brain Injury, he also has ASD, ADHD & Depression Our eldest son & youngest daughter have ASD, ADHD & Depression . Luckily they were approved for NDIS funding and it has been a godsend. My husband and children would not be alive today had they not had this support. I wouldn’t be able to maintain my job as a carer for my husband if it wasn’t for his support services. Even though I still do a lot for my eldest son and daughter, having the NDIS support has eased their reliance on me. Which has been so important even though it’s still a struggle, and now as I am aging I also have so many health issues of my own. Because of their supports they are able to function in society, they contribute to our economy one running their own business and the other in the workforce as well. They’ve all had lots of challenges to overcome which wouldn’t be possible without support. They have grown in confidence, learnt skills, and have gone down a very different path to what they would have without that support.
The suggestion to expand automation is just a cost-saving tactic for the government and is in no way beneficial, in fact detrimental to those needing the services. We all know how well automation went with Centrelink and the Robodebt debarkle and it hasn’t been fixed yet, still causing overpayments, underpayments and letting technology take the place of humans in a human service is ludicrous.
The cutbacks are not going to be allowing people to have support, choice or independence and this is going to be dangerous to so many, already vulnerable people, impacting the least able to cope. Our health system already can’t cope with physical and mental health, they certainly aren’t going to be able to take on more burden because of these cutbacks. Suicidal rates are at an all time high, I worked as a psychiatric nurse, so did my husband, and we are disgusted that no-one in mental health understands disabilities. If these people are bundled together with drug addicts, schizophrenics, etc. in mental facilities, the impact is going to be catastrophic.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2256
People with disabilities, especially involving learning and sensory issues are already not being taken seriously, people believe meltdowns are temper tantrums, overstimulation is seen as ‘put on’ and people still refer to the disabled as ‘spazo’s & retards’.
The people using these discriminatory terms are often the ones benefitting from employment, so perhaps the cutbacks should address those making money from, not using the money for good, improvement and necessity, but just pure greed!
The cutbacks are not the answer, they only satisfy the well to do, are an excuse for the minister to save face, and put the blame on innocent, decent people. Perhaps they should investigate the ones that are scooping the cream off the top and redirect the cutbacks where they are needed, which is not where this bill is aimed.
Absolutely disgusting and the minister should be ashamed of himself!