National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 3366 - Attachment 6
Plain English NDIS submission summary
Plain English Summary
Updated NDIS reform submission
This submission is about making sure NDIS reform does not leave people with disability without the support they need.
The NDIS needs to be safe, fair and sustainable. Fraud and overcharging should be stopped. Providers should be properly regulated. People should get good value from public money. But reform must not simply move people out of the NDIS before other supports are ready.
The submission says governments should not reduce, remove or redirect supports unless there is another real service available. That service must be funded, accessible, safe, available where the person lives, and able to be reviewed if the decision is wrong.
The updated package covers five areas:
General disability policy risk packs: Housing, NDIS reform, shared amenities, provider registration, hospital proximity, social participation, accessible housing and mainstream-system risks. LGBTQIA+ people with disability policy risk packs: Intersectional risks across health, gender-affirming care, conversion practice safeguards, housing, aged care, mental health, chosen family, data and digital systems. DDA legislative risk policy packs: Risks to the practical operation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 arising from NDIS reform, automation, migration, housing, transport, education, aged care and online safety laws. NDIS supplier integrity, fraud and anti-competition policy packs: Captive markets, overseas price arbitrage, differential pricing, plan-manager gatekeeping, misleading NDIS claims, shell companies, procurement and product-level price transparency. Next-phase disability policy ecosystem packs: Foundational Supports, intergovernmental cost-shifting, advocacy, inclusive education, health, psychosocial disability, restrictive practices, supported decision-making, carers, employment, emergency management, justice, Thriving Kids and autism.
The main message is: do not move people into gaps. Build the supports first, prove they work, protect people’s rights, then reform the system.
The submission recommends:
No-transition-without-service guarantee: Do not divert, exit or reduce supports for any participant or cohort until the relevant mainstream, Foundational Support, state, local or community service is operational, funded, accessible, available in the person’s location and subject to review rights. DDA and CRPD compatibility clause: Insert an express requirement that all NDIS rules, support determinations, planning rules, pricing instruments, commissioning arrangements and automated decision systems be assessed for compatibility with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Foundational Supports accountability framework: Create statutory or intergovernmental accountability for Foundational Supports, including eligibility transparency, minimum service coverage, quality standards, complaints, review rights, data reporting and independent monitoring. Child and family safeguard: Require that Thriving Kids and related early-childhood reforms be implemented as a funded service pathway before any practical reduction in access to NDIS supports for children with developmental delay or autism. Supplier market integrity package: Adopt product-level price transparency, international reference pricing, safe overseas purchasing pathways, right-to-repair protections, conflict-of-interest disclosure, beneficial-ownership checks and ACCC/NDIS Commission joint enforcement. Disability advocacy guarantee: Fund independent individual, systemic and specialist advocacy for all people affected by reform, including First Nations, CALD, LGBTQIA+, psychosocial disability, children, carers and people in closed settings. Human review and algorithmic safeguard: Require human review, independent disability-bias audit, explainability, reasonable adjustment and appeal rights for any automated or semi-automated decision affecting access, planning, payment, pricing, registration, assessment or safeguarding.
Prepared for NDIS reform submissions | 8 July 2026National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 3366 - Attachment 6
Plain English NDIS submission summary Mainstream service readiness test: Before shifting support to health, education, housing, transport, justice, employment or aged care, require government to demonstrate service readiness, accessibility, funding, workforce capacity and no-wrong door escalation. Intersectional risk controls: Require specific safeguards for LGBTQIA+ people with disability, First Nations people with disability, CALD and migrant communities, women and girls with disability, children, older people, people with psychosocial disability and people in regional and remote communities. Independent monitoring and public dashboard: Publish an implementation dashboard tracking access, exits, plan reductions, appeal rates, unmet demand, market prices, wait times, service deserts, restrictive practices, safeguarding incidents and outcomes by jurisdiction and cohort.
Prepared for NDIS reform submissions | 8 July 2026