STOP THE NDIS BILL

The government’s Getting the NDIS back on track Bill will in fact, take us very very far off track. This Bill threatens the future of the NDIS and the rights of disabled people. Send an email now to urge politicians to vote no to Labor’s Changes to the NDIS!

Earlier this year the government proposed this Bill as its first and long awaited legislative response to the NDIS Review Final Report released in December 2023. This Bill proposes the most significant changes to the NDIS since it started more than a decade ago. In action it could allow ...

The government’s Getting the NDIS back on track Bill will in fact, take us very very far off track. This Bill threatens the future of the NDIS and the rights of disabled people. Send an email now to urge politicians to vote no to Labor’s Changes to the NDIS!

Earlier this year the government proposed this Bill as its first and long awaited legislative response to the NDIS Review Final Report released in December 2023. This Bill proposes the most significant changes to the NDIS since it started more than a decade ago. In action it could allow future governments to dismantle our NDIS.

These are the top 3 reasons why we must stop the government from passing this Bill:

It makes it easier to prevent access and remove people from the scheme through new frameworks. It proposes participants be moved from the NDIS onto support systems that don’t currently exist, with no solid plan of how they will come to exist.
It abolishes our choice and control by restricting plan and support individualisation. The existing legal tests used to decide if supports are ‘reasonable and necessary’ are to be replaced with a single definition of ‘NDIS supports.’ The NDIS will only provide funding for supports that meet this new narrow definition.
It extends CEO powers and limits our ability to challenge decisions made about our plans and funding. These powers also give ‘the CEO’ the ability to request more information from participants such as medical assessments. If information requests are not fulfilled within strict time frames participants can be suspended from the scheme.

Please join us in urging the opposition government to block this Bill. We must protect our NDIS at this crucial time and act swiftly to do so!

Use the panel on the right to send an email to the Liberal Spokesperson for the NDIS and the Senate Crossbench.

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Help stop these changes to the NDIS by calling on Liberal Spokesperson for the NDIS, Michael Sukkar and key decision makers in the Senate to show solidarity with the disability community by blocking this Bill.

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I urgently request your help in safeguarding the future of the NDIS and the rights of disabled people.

Labor's 'Getting the NDIS Back on Track Bill' poses a serious threat to key aspects of the NDIS. If enacted, it will worsen existing issues and create numerous new challenges without a viable plan for resolution.

Please vote against Labor's changes to the NDIS as this Bill will:

1. Severely limit disabled people's choice and control by restricting access to tailored supports.

2. Enable arbitrary suspensions from the scheme and severely restrict avenues for appealing plan and funding decisions.

3. Reinforce the government's disingenuous consultation process, including requesting non-disclosure agreements for disability organisations.

4. Shift fiscal responsibilities for disability support without the required resources or agreement from other levels of government.

Cutting costs at the expense of services is not the answer. The ultimate way to show solidarity with disabled people is to use your position to help us defend and exercise our rights. Please do not support this Bill.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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