Ministerial Town Hall on Bill No. 2 Consultations, hosted by the NDIS Commission

Introduction

• As part of our consultation on our regulatory reform program of work, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) is hosting an online Ministerial Town Hall event.
• This is an opportunity for you to hear directly from the Minister for the NDIS, the Honourable Bill Shorten.
• Minister Shorten will be joined by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Louise Glanville and Associate Commissioner Natalie Wade.
• The reforms are focused on address emerging and long-standing issues of quality and safety within the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
• The purpose of the townhall is to talk to the community about these changes and seek your feedback.

Background

• The Disability Royal Commission’s Final Report highlighted the quality and safeguarding challenges that still exist for people with disability in the Australian community. NDIS participants, their supporters and the broader community need a regulator with stronger powers to increase the safety and quality of NDIS services and supports.
• In response, the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services the Hon. Bill Shorten MP announced the second part of legislative reform for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act) to be introduced through the NDIS Amendment (Getting it Back on Track No. 2) Bill (Bill No.2).
• Proposed quality and safeguarding measures will amend the NDIS Act to strengthen the monitoring and compliance powers of the NDIS Commission and introduce stronger information gathering and banning powers.