The NDIS Review recommended we establish an EAC to advise government, informed by the best available evidence about the benefits, quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of NDIS supports. This advice will improve participant outcomes and experiences and help improve the NDIS.
Visit the NDIS Review website to read about:
Role
The EAC will review and assess evidence about disability supports. The EAC will make recommendations to government on the safety, suitability and value of supports for NDIS funding.
The EAC will:
- provide advice to government regarding the inclusion or exclusion of supports for NDIS funding
- outline specific circumstances in which a support could be funded, with reference to different types of disability – or where other supports may not be practical for certain groups of participants
- provide provisional recommendations where the research base for a specific support is low quality and requires additional time to mature.
The EAC will not assess the activities of disability support workers, medical care, aged care, general consumer protections. It will not make recommendations about individual businesses or commercial products, or eligibility or plan details for individuals.
The EAC will have three technical sub-committees to provide advice to the EAC:
- Assistive Technology and Capital
- Capacity Building and Therapies
- Economics.
We will support the EAC and a cross-agency steering committee to develop a work plan each year. This was endorsed by the Disability Reform Ministerial Council.
Membership
The EAC and sub-committee members have expertise in a wide range of areas including allied health practice, nursing, clinical research, education, medicine, law, social work and business. It includes people with disability and other lived experience of disability, including carers.
EAC members:
- Associate Professor Jill Duncan OAM (Chair)
- Professor Angus Buchanan
- Ms Melanie Eagle
- Mr Matthew Formston AM
- Ms Clare Gibellini
- Professor Tammy Hoffman OAM
- Dr Robyn Mildon
- Mr Andrew Moffat
- Ms Mary Sayers.
Each sub-committee will have two co-chairs.
Assistive Technology and Capital sub-committee
- Dr Lisa Chaffey
- Professor Alistair McEwan.
Capacity Building and Therapies sub-committee
- Dr Walid Jammal
- Professor Yasmine Probst.
Economics sub-committee
- Professor Liliana Bulfone
- Professor Rob Carter.
This page will be updated with the full list of members for each sub-committee.
How people with disability can get involved
We will seek input from people with disability, on the supports that will be reviewed by the EAC.
The first public consultation will commence in the coming weeks. This consultation will seek input about:
- who uses or might use the supports
- how and why people use the supports
- other supports people use for similar outcomes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find out more about the NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee with our Frequently Asked Questions.