On 27 March 2024 the Senate referred the provisions of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting
the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 20 June 2024.
Submissions are sought by 17 May 2024.
Making a submission
As part of this inquiry, the committee asks for your views, specifically in relation to the proposed changes within the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024.
You can access a copy of the bill here, as well as the bill’s Explanatory Memorandum, which explains the bill further, here.
The Department of Social Services has made some corrections to the Explanatory Memorandum for the bill, as explained on the department’s website here. A document outlining these corrections is also available here. According to the department, the correction will be tabled in Parliament on 14 May 2024.
If you want to have your say about the bill, you can share your views by writing to the committee – this is called making a submission.
More information about how to make a submission can be found here: Making a submission
What will happen to your submission?
Most submissions received by the committee are published on the committee website with the full name of the submitter. However, in sharing your submission with the committee, you can request that the committee:
- keep your submission confidential and not publish it,
- publish your submission with your first name only, or
- publish your submission without your name on it.
If you wish for your submission to be kept confidential or you would like the submission published without your full name on it, please bring this to the attention of the committee when you send your submission. Once the committee has considered any request from you about how to receive your submission and made its decision, it will let you know in writing.
Individual cases or complaints about the NDIS
Submissions that outline details of individual cases or complaints may inform the committee in identifying broader systemic issues for investigation.
However, it is important to note that the committee is not able to provide advice on your individual circumstances. The committee is not able to progress or resolve any individual concerns or complaints about your experience with the NDIS. The committee cannot overturn, or remake decisions made by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
There are other avenues available to you to progress or resolve your individual circumstances. These include directly communicating with: