National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 504
To the Senate Community Affairs Committee,
I’m writing not just as a concerned citizen, but as someone whose life has been shaped by the people the NDIS was created to support. This issue is deeply personal to me. The proposed NDIS Future Generations Bill fills me with fear for what it would mean for the people I care about, people whose dignity, independence, and safety should never be treated as negotiable.
The NDIS was built on hope. It was built on the belief that people with disabilities deserve the same opportunities, the same choices, and the same respect as anyone else. The changes proposed in this Bill feel like a step backwards into a world where those rights were fragile, conditional, or simply ignored. I cannot accept that.
I have seen firsthand how choice and control can transform a person’s life. I have seen what happens when someone finally has the support they need to participate in their community, to make their own decisions, to feel valued. The thought of those gains being stripped away, of people being pushed back into isolation or forced into systems that don’t fit their needs is heartbreaking.
I am asking you, sincerely and urgently, to protect the people who rely on the NDIS. Please:
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Reject any cuts that would limit social and community participation — these are not luxuries, they are lifelines.
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Preserve strong rights to review and appeal so people can challenge decisions that shape their daily lives.
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Protect real choice and control by allowing individuals to choose the providers they trust, whether registered or unregistered, with appropriate safeguards in place.
If this Bill passes, we risk returning to a time when people with disabilities were pushed to the margins, when their voices were quieted, their choices restricted, and their
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 504
humanity overlooked. The current system may not be perfect, but it has given people hope, agency, and the chance to be seen as equals.
I am asking you from the heart: please do not pass the NDIS Future Generations Bill. Too many lives depend on the protections and principles the NDIS was built upon.
Warm regards,