National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 2339
I have concerns regarding the proposed bill and strongly believe it
should be withdrawn.
Why I’m concerned with the bill itself:
- increased administration in an already difficult to navigate
system for many disabilities.
- The ‘not contactable’ section completely disregards many things
people with disabilities face; missing calls because of hospital
visits, crises of all kinds, medical appointments, larger needs for
rest of all kinds or an inability to communicate without support
present or due to poverty or housing insecurity.
- Automated systems should not be used to make life affecting
decisions. I was affected by the robo-debt debacle years ago
and remember the stress and the number of lives lost or heavily
affected by that atrocious attempt at automation.
- Changes to eligibility designed to curb spending ois ludicrous
concept as removing supports doesn’t remove the disabled
persons needs, I myself worry that I will be one of the many cut
as it has been difficult to use some of my budget due to difficulty
organising to have my needs assessed and or get the supports
in place.
The premise for the bill itself is flawed as well:
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 2339
- Politicians have been using the NDIS as a political football for
the last few years pushing the idea that participants are abusing
the system….I would like to debunk this with you here.
- Between 2020 and 2025, there was 635 investigations into NDIS
providers committing fraud…only 20 of which resulted in criminal
prosecutions….that means that approximately 96% of those
investigations did not lead to criminal prosecutions.
- If each of those investigations was one provider…of almost
70,000 NDIS providers nationally….that means that only 0.02%
of providers would even potentially be doing the wrong thing.
- Now let’s not forget that is providers….and the idea that nearly
160,000 NDIS participants or more would be cut from the
scheme based on a premise that 0.02% of providers are doing
the wrong thing…. absolutely disgusting.
Other things to consider:
- Regulation of the market will reduce spending.. if you speak with
health professionals from other countries they will tell you the
amount being charged for goods such as wheelchairs, walkers
seats etc are far overblown here compared to other countries.
- Policy choices that kill…. the estimated number of participants
losing support will result in increased hospitalisation, injuries,
death and a greater burden on the mental health
system…everytime I push myself to be up on my feet when I
could be using a powered wheelchair (still being organised)
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 2339
leads to falls, any one of those could lead to hospitalisation…just
as an example of my own circumstances.
Thank you for taking the time.
Kind Regards.