RE: NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME BILL 2012

Friday, 25“ January 2013

” Just Better Care

Australia HEAD OFFICE ABN 50 118 732 657 Suite 6, 383 Sydney Road Balgowlah NSW 2093 . Phone: {02) 99349999 Committee Secretary Fax: (02) 9934 9900 Senate Committees of Community Affairs jbca@justbettercare.com PO Box 6100 www.justbettercare.com Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA Submitted Online

To whom it may concern:

| write on behalf of the Just Better Care Group, an organisation offering personalised care and support to people with disability throughout Australia. Just Better Care is aware of the detail in the Statement of Options within the Regulation Impact Statement, and is supportive of the preferred option.

For many years now, people with disability, their families and advocates have been pushing for a system that provides choice and control. In working out the detail of the legislation, Just Better Care recommends that Government continues to listen to people with disability and their support networks so that the level of regulation reflects the people’s concerns.

Just Better Care urges Government to consider the strong hold that Disability Service Providers, including Peak Industry Bodies, have had over people with disability and their families, and recommends that views of Disability Service Providers be put to one side so that an accurate and fair outcome is achieved.

Yours sincerely

Trish Noakes