National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2922
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Submission on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill
(Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Dear Committee,
Thank you for considering my submission about this Bill and its proposed changes to the NDIS.
I don’t have a disability, nor does anyone close to me. However, as a taxpayer I am opposed to any changes to the scheme which unfairly impact any Australian, which these changes will. While reform is needed to reduce waste and reduce fraud, the changes proposed have not been made in consultation with the disability community, which means the changes are uninformed and will not be as effective, as they don’t take into account lived experience of participants and their unique perspective as to how funding is being wasted or misspent (including by the NDIA in its administration of the scheme).
In particular, it must be ensured that changes to the NDIS criteria do not adversely affect participants already accessing the scheme, because retrospectively changing the criteria for participants and forcing them off support they have been receiving and have come to rely on, is unconscionable, particularly for this cohort of vulnerable people. If eligibility must be narrowed, at the very least, individual participants who already receive support should be maintained at current levels for the duration of their participation in the scheme. This wouldn’t seem to represent a huge cost, nor undermine efforts to restrict eligibility for long term sustainability of the scheme.
Secondly, mandatory registration for providers is not a justifiable measure to reduce fraud, as it will only favour larger providers over community providers (including providers from within the disabled community). In non-metropolitan areas in particular, such smaller providers have been providing an important and very accessible service to many participants that they have not been able to receive from the big providers. Mandatory registration would effectively exclude many of these smaller providers due to the costs and other resources required. If the government wishes to mandate registration and increase transparency/accountability (which is of course important to exclude fraudulent actors), could it at least be made more affordable and accessible
to smaller/community based providers to ensure (a) that participants have ameaningful choice of quality providers, including providers from within their own community; and (b) that small providers founded and operated by people with a disability can continue to operate and thrive, leading to that community having a role in the scheme that is not just as recipients, while contributing as small businesses to the local economy in a way that larger more centralised providers do not and cannot.
Noone is arguing that the NDIS doesn’t need to be sustainable, but there are measures that can be taken which do not exclude current receivers of support, and/or
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National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2922
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do not create unnecessary barriers to people within the disability community from participating in the scheme as providers.
I hope you will do everything in your power to ensure that your government does not unconscionably exclude current participants or small community based providers.
As an Australian who supports a sustainable NDIS and a fair go for everyone in the community, including those with a disability, who historically have suffered from cruel and discriminatory policies and have been robbed of the opportunity to reach their potential and contribute fully to our society and economy, by successive governments who have failed to listen to the needs and views of the disabled community.
I am proud of the NDIS and I hope this government reconsiders these changes which will only serve to erode its effectiveness and also the human rights of Australians with a disability.