The ‘Getting the NDIS Back on Track’ Bill has passed

11 September 2024The 'Getting the NDIS Back on Track' Bill has passed.

The ‘Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1’ Bill passed through Parliament on 22 August 2024. This is the first step to reforming the NDIS after the NDIS Review. The Bill received Royal Assent on 5 September and will become law on 3 October 2024. Changes to the NDIS Act because of the passing of the Bill will enable future improvements to the NDIS.

These changes will:

  • clarify the way participants access the NDIS
  • improve how NDIS participant budgets are set and spent
  • strengthen the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

Some of these changes will happen straight away. This includes returning the NDIS to its original intent and strengthening the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

Other changes will happen later, when new NDIS Rules are made. These will be developed in consultation with people with disability, their families, carers, and the disability sector.

Find out more

For more information about changes to the NDIS Act, visit http://www.dss.gov.au/disability-and-carers-programs-services-ndis-reforms/changes-to-the-ndis-act

To stay up-to-date on NDIS reforms, subscribe to https://engage.dss.gov.au/subscribe-for-updates-to-the-ndis-reforms/

For more information about the Independent Review into the NDIS, visit ndisreview.gov.au

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