National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2924
Dear Committee,
I am writing to ask that the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 be rejected in full. This Bill appears rushed, inaccessible and not fit for purpose. Disabled people gave evidence to the Disability Royal Commission at great personal cost, often sharing painful experiences of neglect, violence and exclusion. Those findings should have been the starting point for NDIS reform. Instead, this Bill appears to move ahead without genuine co-design and without proper consideration or appropriate action around the issues raised by disabled people.
I am especially worried that people may be removed from the NDIS before safe alternatives exist. A referral is not support. A promise is not a service. Families, schools, hospitals, state systems and community organisations are already stretched. If people lose NDIS supports before other systems are properly funded, tested and available, the result will be serious harm, not reform.
I also oppose the proposed reliance on standardised functional capacity assessments. I have friends who are disabled and it is clear to me that disability is not a neat checklist. Capacity can fluctuate from day to day, or even hour to hour. A short assessment cannot capture pain, fatigue, communication barriers, trauma, culture, poverty, housing stress, family violence or the daily effort it takes to appear “okay”. Decisions about support should be based on the whole person and evidence from people who actually understand their life.
This Bill also gives too much power to the Minister and the NDIA, while weakening participant rights, appeals, choice and control. That is frightening. The NDIS should help disabled people live with dignity and independence, not place them under a heavier compliance regime. Please reject this Bill and redo this Bill in consultation with the disabled community.