National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 315
Submission to the Inquiry: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing
the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
I urge you not to pass the NDIS Amendment Bill in its current form. This proposed legislation threatens to strip away essential rights, diminishing the autonomy and decision-making power of individuals with disabilities.
By reducing their choices and control over their own lives, it risks inflicting significant harm on the most vulnerable members of our community.
We must prioritise the well-being and dignity of those with disabilities and ensure their voices are heard in any legislative changes.
Disability is lifelong. There is no pathway where he will suddenly “recover” or no longer require intensive supports. Yet under the proposed reforms, families are being told that a standardised assessment tool may become one of the primary ways support needs are measured.
Without appropriate support, family burnout increases; hospital admissions increase; school participation decreases; workforce participation for carers drops; and children with disability become further isolated. I understand the Government’s responsibility to ensure the NDIS is sustainable and properly regulated. Fraud and exploitation should absolutely be addressed. However, reforms aimed at sustainability must not unintentionally harm people with genuine and lifelong disability
I strongly oppose the NDIS Future Generations Bill 2026; it seems to be a document that has been put together in a rush by people with no lived experience of disability.
The NDIS has been a lifesaver for so many people with disabilities, and it is criminal of the Australian government to be looking at attacking the lives of vulnerable people and their families
The fact that the government has attacked the participants of the NDIS rather than trying to fix the system that allows people with a disability to be subject to abuse, neglect and exploitation is appalling.