National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 4054
Submission to The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee on the Review of the NDIS Amendment Bill 2026.
e: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au
From: Dear Members of the Committee,
I believe the Submissions to this Bill have been extended to the 10th July 2026.
My concerns about the reduction of spending on the NDIS is one of many. The fact that the State and Territory Ministers have questioned this leads me to believe it was a decision made that did not have wide consultation with the Community or even in the Labour Party itself. The Human Rights sector of the Labour Party also questions the dangers involved for so many in the Australian community who struggle daily with lack of proper care.
I have worked in my younger days as a Health Education Officer in the Wentworth Area Health Service with people with serious emotional health issues. Today I have friends working in the NDIS area in Penrith NSW who might be seriously offended by the suggestion that NDIS Officers sometimes rort the system. Im sure the majority, by far, are honest and dedicated people. This suggestion sounds like an argument coming from that Conservative side of politics.
The Labor Party was instrumental in introducing the NDIS and it certainly doest not sound like the kind of cutback that would sit easily with Labour voters. In questioning the decision to reduce NDIS funding when most Australians are aware that there has been an enormous investment in the Submarine Deal with the US, which even people like past President Barry Jones thinks it may never happen and if by 2040 these subs may be obsolete or never arrive, shows how Labour priorities and values have vanished. The question of security was very nicely explained by Timor Leste’s President Jose Ramos Horta. I recommend the Labour Party Heads read this Paper – The Reality of Security.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 4054
To expect Australians to accept the reduction of NDIS funding by maybe $30 Billion, knowing that we did have the option two years ago, of opting out of the Submarine Deal with the US which would give us at least $30 Billion a year for the next ten years to spend on NDIS or something useful, is certainly a no-brainer. Where are our priorities?
Having worked twenty-five years ago in the Health Sector I feel I have a good understanding of what is needed to provide proper care for people with disabilities. Not a day goes by now when I don’t hear of an aged or young person missing out on some necessary service. I have today sought the Carer’s Allowance because I can’t get a visit from a medical professional to come to the home where my wife is on life-support. We have a Care Worker and Cleaner, but our Palliative Care worker has stopped coming possibly because of lack of funding. This makes no sense!
For most of my life I’ve argued the case that security is not won by the build up of arms - it is found through good diplomacy, giving aid to the poor and being good neighbours. Nation States are going to need to vanish - they have never brought peace or harmony - we need a community of communities, goodwill and as the wonderful Journalist and writer Anne Devoson wrote - we need to Wage Peace not War!
The Greens, the Independents, many in the Labor Party and all Human Rights Organisations are pleading with our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Federal Health Minister Mark Butler to reconsider their decision to reduce NDIS spending. It sometimes takes a little humility to admit a decision like this was ill-informed in the first place. Please Reconsider!
I don’t know anyone in my family who would disagree with me on this!
I offer these thoughts to the Senate Committee for your consideration.
Yours Sincerely,
Writer and Artist. Tuesday, 8th July 2026
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