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.
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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 Hoffmann OAM
- Dr Robyn Mildon
- Mr Andrew Moffat
- Ms Mary Sayers.
Assistive Technology and Capital sub-committee
- Dr Lisa Chaffey (Co-Chair)
- Professor Alistair McEwan (Co-Chair)
- Dr Sharon Boyce
- Professor Josh Byrnes
- Professor Libby Callaway
- Professor Michael Dillon
- Ms Deborah Hammond
- Mr Scott Harding
- Dr Beth Johnson
- Dr Kirsty McDonald
- Professor Rachael McDonald
- Dr Kristen Morris
- Dr David Silvera
Capacity Building and Therapies sub-committee
- Dr Walid Jammal (Co-Chair)
- Professor Yasmine Probst (Co-Chair)
- Professor Garry Allison
- Professor Helen Bourke-Taylor
- Dr Pat Bradley
- Ms Jane Coreless
- Professor Fary Khan AM
- Clinical Associate Professor Heather Mack AM
- Ms Carolyn O’Mahoney
- Associate Professor Jessica Paynter
- Emeritus Professor Deborah Theodoros AO
- Professor Katrina Williams
Economics sub-committee
- Professor Liliana Bulfone (Co-Chair)
- Professor Rob Carter (Co-Chair)
- Dr Joe Carrello
- Dr Phillip Carson
- Dr Jade Chang
- Associate Professor Martin Downes
- Dr Laura Edney
- Dr Sonĵ Hall
- Associate Professor Michael Palmer
- Dr Russell Taylor
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.
Resources
NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee – Easy Read
Art and music therapy review
The NDIA released the Independent Review into pricing for music and art therapy supports, led by Dr Stephen Duckett AM on 10 September 2025. This independent review recommended that the NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee (EAC) assess the evidence base for art and music therapy interventions in specific cohorts in its 2025-26 work plan.
Following this recommendation, the Department will include both art and music therapy in the the EAC work for 2025-26. An independent expert research group will undertake a review of the evidence base for art and music therapy.
The department will run public consultation for both music and art therapy. We expect this to occur in late November. In this consultation, we want to understand what the assessment of the evidence should include. We also want to collect lived experience evidence to inform the committee’s deliberations. We will incorporate submissions made to the NDIA during previous consultations where possible. We will also welcome new submissions even if you have already provided a submission to the NDIA.
We will give a summary of feedback from public consultation to the EAC in addition to a summary of the evidence base. The EAC will use both summaries to help give advice to Government about the safety, suitability and cost-effectiveness of art and music therapy as NDIS supports.