National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2837
Submission on the NDIS Amendment Bill
31/5/2026
I am the spouse and carer of a disabled person currently navigating the NDIS. I ask that this bill be withdrawn and rewritten to remove the new ministerial powers and frankly draconian cuts to the NDIS that have been proposed.
The proposed changes in this bill unfairly target participants who have had almost all other avenues of support stripped away over the last decade due to the implementation of the NDIS. As an entity, it has replaced block funding and community supports, and its pathetic attempts at provider regulation have flooded the market with large corporate service providers whose primary motivation is to generate profit for a handful of executives at the cost of their staff and customers – and yet these are the people who will suffer the least from this bill!
Recent announcements have shifted the obligation for disability supports onto state programs that don’t exist yet and will not have effective models for years to come, leaving disabled people to rely on family and friends, or die in isolation.
Currently I work full time, but as the spouse and primary carer of a disabled person this bill is going to put a massive burden back on my shoulders, which will reduce my capacity to work and ultimately leave both of us in poverty.
The NDIS was developed to give disabled people control of their lives again, and yet the legislation put forth in this bill will be the single greatest barrier to self determination that the disabled community has seen since the scheme’s implementation.
Computer models cannot make correct assessments of people’s disability, which is an opinion directly from the creators of the I-CAN as well as the majority of disability advocates. A computer model cannot appropriately assess how people experience and report their disabilities regardless of supporting information from the NDDA, scraped data from current plans, or submissions from doctors.
I have serious concerns about this bill in its current form and urge parliament NOT to support it.