OT Community Town Hall Meeting on the NDIS Bill and New Framework Planning Rules (FREE)

OT COMMUNITY TOWN HALL, HOSTED BY OTSI

OTSi invites you to a free OT Community Town Hall on 22 January. It will focus on unpacking the NDIS Bill and the proposed New Framework Planning Rules. We've done the deep dive so you don't have to!

With both consultations likely to be open at this time, these reforms are highly significant for the future of NDIS Support Needs Assessments, new planning processes, and appeal rights. This session is designed to help OTs cut through the complexity and policy noise, gain a clear understanding of what is being proposed, and why it matters for practice and for the people we support.

Most importantly, this Town Hall will outline practical steps OTs can take to have a voice, contribute to the consultations, and help influence the direction of these reforms. This is a critical opportunity for the OT community to be informed, engaged, and collectively positioned in shaping the future of the NDIS.

This event is free and open to OTs.

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INFO ON SUPPORT NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND NEW FRAMEWORK PLANNING

• NDIS tool to determine support not tested on variety of disability types – including diverse autism, experts warn | Australia news | The Guardian

• You can watch the recording of the Dec 12th Every Australian Counts Assessment forum event here EAC Community Forum - Support Needs Assessments: Have your Say!

• You can read the OTSi paper on the critical role of allied health evidence in NDIS SNA here NDIS SNA- The Essential Role of Allied Health Evidence - Google Docs 

• OTSi call for a public consultation on the NDIS Support Needs Assessments and Rules NDIS_SNA_Discussion_Paper_Meeting with DHDAC20252811.pdf - Google Drive

• You can read the alterative NDIS SNA model proposed by OTSi here: Best-Practices-Support-Needs-Assessment-for-the-NDIS-OTSi-31012025-FINAL.pdf

• You can read Disability Representative Organisations joint statement calling for transparency on computer generated NDIS plans here Disability representative organisations call for transparency on ‘Computer-Generated NDIS Plans’ - People with Disability Australia

• You can watch the Senate Estimates Hearing segment covering New Planning Framework and read the brief summary by Dr. George here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-george_todays-senate-estimates-raised-important-activity-7402296644886851584-Q4e2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABhMgBsBi3lnOknUF1Zx5bSeTdrZpT5DCjk

• You can read about some of the questions we have here More Questions Than Answers: New NDIS Support Needs Assessments - Every Australian Counts

• You can listen to the Summer Foundation podcast with the NDIA and collaborating researchers here. Please note this was recorded a number of weeks ago and does not reflect all the publicity available information on the Support Needs Assessments and New Framework Planning, that have since come to light.  Https://youtu.be/TAuNXEzzhLM

• You can read more about the NDIS New framework planning, from the NDIA, here New framework planning | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

• You can read recent media articles here:

  After opposing the Coalition's 'robo' NDIS reforms, Labor accused of going down similar path - ABC News

  NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul | National disability insurance scheme | The Guardian 

  ‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say | National disability insurance scheme | The Guardian