National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 3101
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future
Generations) Bill 2026
To whom it may concern
I am the mother of an NDIS participant with a traumatic brain injury at birth from hypoxic ischaemia, that has left him with neurological issues, as well as mild cerebral palsy on the RHS.
I am currently going through the Tribunal process for an item that has been deemed by NDIS as not being ‘reasonable and necessary’, even though we have been using this item since late last year and have noticed improvements in the functional capacity of his daily living, because of it. Those making these decisions are overriding the recommendations from medically qualified professionals.
For the Tribunal process, the NDIS pays a lawyer from a large private law firm as well as an NDIS case manager. Lawyers aren’t cheap, and the amount of time and the number of correspondence, regarding my case, would have cost the NDIS a lot more money than what my claim was worth. We have money sitting in Capacity Building and rather than transferring the money from that category, into a Core Supports category, or whatever category the red tape needs it to be in, they have spent far more money on lawyers and a case manager. The Tribunal employees time, Legal Aid’s time, all cost us, the taxpayer. Not to mention my time and the added stress. It’s difficult enough, having a child with a disability.
After emailing various politicians regarding this, I have found out that the NDIS pays approximately $60 million a year in legal fees for the Tribunal. So rather than helping the vulnerable, the NDIS would rather give that money to lawyers and add more stress to the lives of the disabled and their families.
Yours sincerely
PS. Perhaps you should look into why there is an epidemic of disability. My child’s was from coerced birth intervention, when I was tired and vulnerable. Syntocinon is renowned for making contractions more violent and closer together, cutting off the baby’s oxygen.