Resources
National Carer Strategy – Supporting carers poster
This poster explains who unpaid carers are, highlights the challenges they face, and outlines how governments will recognise carers and improve access to timely support, services, work, education, and wellbeing.
Introduction to the National Carer Strategy 2024–2034 – Highlights – Easy Read
Provides an Easy Read overview of the key highlights and priorities of the National Carer Strategy 2024–2034.
National Carer Strategy – Social media tiles – First Nations
Social media tiles you can use to promote the National Carer Strategy with First Nations people.
National Carer Strategy – Social media tiles
Social media tiles you can use to promote the National Carer Strategy.
Diagnosis and treatment for eligible disabilities – Fact sheet
A summary of the Medicare services available for the diagnosis and treatment of a specified list of disabilities
Medicare services for eligible disabilities – Frequently asked questions
This document aims to help patients and guardians understand patient eligibility and Medicare diagnosis and treatment requirements for a specified list of disabilities
Defining Therapy Supports consultation with Allied Health Peak Bodies
We are seeking advice from allied health peak bodies on describing therapy supports for upcoming NDIS planning changes. Broader consultation on amended NDIS Supports Rules will occur in March 2026, with website updates to inform the sector and community.
National Carer Strategy – Supporting carers brochure
Learn about unpaid carers, the support they need, and how our National Carer Strategy aims to recognise carers and improve access to services, work, education, and wellbeing.
Terms of reference – National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Evidence Advisory Committee (EAC)
These terms of reference set out the objectives and operational arrangements of the NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee and the responsibilities of those associated with the committee.
Disability advocacy for individuals fact sheet
This fact sheet on the Disability advocacy for individuals help promote, protect and defend the human rights of people with disability.
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Thriving Kids Advisory Group Final Report Summary – AUSLAN
This is the Thriving Kids Advisory Group’s final report summary.
NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee member biographies
The EAC and subcommittee 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.
Thriving Kids – Questions and answers
Thriving Kids will help children aged 8 and under with developmental needs get support earlier, using local services, starting from 1 October 2026. Children with higher support needs will still get help through the NDIS.
NDIS Reform Advisory Committee Meeting Summary – 3 February 2026
This meeting summary is for the NDIS Reform Advisory Committee meeting held on 3 February 2026.
The National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention – Practice guidance – Relationship-based universal principle
This fact sheet explains the relationship-based universal principle and how it applies to the National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention. It outlines for practitioners what relationship-based practices are and how we'll know when they're working.
Thriving Kids – Fact sheet
Thriving Kids will identify developmental concerns earlier and establish a national system of supports for children aged 8 and under with developmental delay and/or autism with low to moderate support needs, and their families.
Thriving Kids Advisory Group Final Report
This is the Thriving Kids Advisory Group’s final report. It includes a proposed national model for Thriving Kids.
Reviews and appeals under the new way of planning
This fact sheet outlines the reviews and appeals under new framework plans.
Step 4: Using a plan
The factsheets provide a short summary of the content within the Explanatory Documents. They outline the rules under each step in the new framework planning process, this one focusing on Step 4: Using a plan
Step 3: Building a plan
The factsheets provide a short summary of the content within the Explanatory Documents.
They outline the rules under each step in the new framework planning process, this one focusing on Step 3: Building a plan
They outline the rules under each step in the new framework planning process, this one focusing on Step 3: Building a plan
Step 2: The support needs assessment
The factsheets provide a short summary of the content within the Explanatory Documents. They outline the rules under each step in the new framework planning process, this one focusing on Step 2: The supports needs assessment
Step 1: Preparing for a support needs assessment
The fact sheets provide a short summary of the content within the Explanatory Documents. They outline the rules under each step in the new framework planning process, this one focusing on Step 1: Preparing for a support needs assessment.
Explanatory document – New Framework Plan Spending Rules
The explanatory documents are technical documents explaining some of the new framework planning rules that are being developed. This explanatory document is on the new framework plan spending rules.
Explanatory document – Transition to New Framework Plan
The explanatory documents are technical documents explaining some of the new framework planning rules that are being developed. This explanatory document is on the transition to new framework plan rules.
Explanatory document – Stated Supports
The explanatory documents are technical documents explaining some of the new framework planning rules that are being developed. This explanatory document is on stated supports rules.
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