National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 2462
Confidential – I don’t want my personal details published
I am not a NDIS participant but I work as a emergency nurse and treat and look after many NDIS participants. One example I remember is of a NDIS participant in their mid-20s that had to be forced to present to emergency because their NDIS funding had run out and they weren’t able to fund carers to look after them. They required 24/7 care which was not possible at the time and I saw how much distress they were in because of the lack of funding.
The bill, which part a part of it aims to reduce funding for specific groups of people, should not go through. It is expected that over 241,000 NDIS participants will be cut from the new eligibility (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/28/ndis-document-reveals-241000- disability-participants-cut-in-four-years). That, although is a small percentage relative to Australia’s entire population, is 30% of NDIS participants not being able to receive care. If the whole point of this part of the bill is to give better care to those who require it, the idea of having a set quota in the name of “financial sustainability”, is very contradictory.
The minister should also not be able to determine which groups gets reduced funding. These decisions that affect thousands of lives should be determined not by 1 person but by multiple people, with NDIS participants being able to have an actual say in whether funding should be cut our not.
Despite part of the bill addressing Fraud within the NDIS, it feels as though a majority of the bill is focused on NDIS participants and controlling their funding, who deserves what, and who is eligible. The main focus of the bill should be surrounding Fraud and the private sector of NDIS. Those providers up-selling and charging absorbent amounts on products and services for NDIS participants, forcing them to spend 3-5x what an average taxpayer may pay. There are too many document instances of NDIS businesses getting away with this, and who ends up being affected? The participants that require these products and services.