NDIS Reform Advisory Committee

Role

The NDIS Reform Advisory Committee  will bring together the different and diverse voices of people with disability. It will advise the Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC) and the Minister for the NDIS.

The committee will:

• monitor and advise on implementing the reforms to the NDIS, including in response to the:
  • Independent Review into the NDIS (NDIS Review)
  • NDIS-related reforms from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (DRC)
• advise DRMC on effective ways to engage with people with lived experience
• ensure the DRMC hears the diverse voices, views and lived experience of people with disability.

Terms of reference

Read the committee's terms of reference.

Members

The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister, appointed the committee members. This followed a public expression of interest process.  

The committee members are:  

• Co-chair – Mr Dougie Herd
• Co-chair – Ms El Gibbs
• New South Wales representative – Jeramy Hope 
• Queensland representative – Nigel Webb 
• Western Australia representative – Carrie Clark 
• Tasmania representative – Clare Waiss 
• Victoria representative – Catherine McAlpine 
• Australian Capital Territory representative – Renee Heaton 
• South Australia representative – Katharine Annear 
• Northern Territory representative – Annie Rily 
• Community representative – Kelly Treloar 
• Community representative – Elvis Martin 
• Community representative – Sebastian Langdon-Macmillan. 

More information

Learn more about NDIS Reforms at Disability Policy Reforms.