Resources
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 Reform Advisory Committee Meeting Summary – 3 February 2026
This meeting summary is for the NDIS Reform Advisory Committee meeting held on 3 February 2026.
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.
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.
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.
Explanatory document – Notice of Impairment
Explains the Notice of Impairment rules, including what a notice is, the impairment categories it lists, when the National Disability Insurance Agency can issue or vary a notice, and when participants can request a variation, to improve transparency about NDIS access and eligibility.
Step 2: The support needs assessment
Describes step 2 of the new NDIS planning process, where an NDIA assessor meets with a participant to understand daily life, support needs and preferences, documents outcomes in a support needs assessment report, and provides the report to the participant.
Explanatory document – Stated supports
Explains the stated supports rules under new framework plans for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including which supports must be specifically listed in a plan, how they differ from flexible funding, and why some supports are always stated to manage risk, cost or integrity.
Step 1: Preparing for a support needs assessment
Explains step 1 of the new NDIS planning framework – how participants prepare for a support needs assessment, what the NDIA will provide, key notices involved, and that current plans continue until a new framework plan is made.
Reviews and appeals under the new way of planning
Outlines how NDIS participants can request reviews and appeals under the new planning approach, including internal reviews and external appeals, what decisions can be reviewed, and how reviews focus on the support needs assessment and budget method used to set plans.
Explanatory document – Transition to new framework plan
Explains the rules for transitioning National Disability Insurance Scheme participants to new framework plans, including who will transition, how notices are issued, and how the National Disability Insurance Agency will gradually roll out new plans over time to manage change.
Step 3: Building a plan
Explains step 3 of the new NDIS planning process, where the NDIA uses the support needs assessment to set a reasonable and necessary budget, decide flexible and stated supports, confirm plan details, and approve the participant’s plan.
Explanatory document – New framework plan spending rules
Explains the rules for how National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funds can be spent under new framework plans, including requirements to spend funding only on NDIS supports, rules for flexible and stated supports, and limits or conditions to protect integrity and participant safety.
Step 4: Using a plan
Explains step 4 of the new NDIS planning process, covering how participants use their plan, access supports, have implementation meetings and check-ins, and how the NDIA can make limited plan variations without a new assessment.
NDIS new framework planning: what we heard summary report
The report summarises disability sector feedback on proposed NDIS new framework planning, highlighting support for clearer, fairer planning and concerns about support needs assessments, assessor skills, tools, transparency, participant preparation, and inclusion of diverse groups.
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NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 – Overview – Auslan video
An Auslan translation of the NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 – Overview document
National Carer Strategy Advisory Committee meeting updates – 2025
Meeting updates from the National Carer Strategy Advisory Committee for 2025.
NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 Overview
This Integrity and Safeguarding Bill will make changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act). It will support the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
NDIS Integrity and Safeguarding Bill – Easy Read
This Integrity and Safeguarding Bill will make changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act). It will support the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
National Carer Strategy Outcomes Framework
This document presents an outcomes framework for the National Carer Strategy 2024-2034 (the Strategy).
Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) – Meeting Summary 5 March 2025
This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the twelfth Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 5 March 2025.
Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) – Meeting Summary 29 July 2025
This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the thirteenth Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 29 July 2025.
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