Support Our Campaign

NDS is joining peak bodies and organisations across Australia to call on the NDIA and government to take urgent action to secure the future of services for people with disability and create a better NDIS.

Following the recent announcement of a totally inadequate annual pricing review by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), evidence is mounting of a catastrophic market failure in the NDIS.

Providers of quality disability services are already reaching breaking point. A recent survey by National Disability Services found that 75 per cent of providers are considering stopping some or all of their disability services because of the price limits that came in on 1 July.

The NDIA’s unrealistic approach to pricing undermines the ability of registered providers to deliver quality, sustainable disability services and is undermining NDIS reform.

Withdrawal of services will most affect participants with the greatest need — those with complex, high-intensity or behavioural support needs and those in regional and remote Australia.

We need the government to do a better job of managing the NDIS.

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Write a letter to your MP

You can help create a better NDIS by writing to your local federal MP and asking them to take urgent action to keep disability services open. 

We’ve provided a sample letter [doc] that you can use to email your federal member of parliament, but please feel free to add further details about the situation of your organisation and how this will affect your local community. 

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Key concerns

We’re calling for immediate steps to address the funding crisis for disability services. 

Our key concerns are: 

• The NDIS price increase of 3.19 per cent fails to cover the much-needed uplift in worker wages announced by the Fair Work Commission, let alone recognise the increased cost of day-to-day expenses, such as insurance, utilities, and rents.  
• The changed definition of high intensity supports, which prevents providers  claiming high-intensity payments for behaviour support.  
• The review did not increase prices for Level Two and Three support coordination and therapy supports for the fifth consecutive year. 
• The pricing included no support for registered providers and removed both the one per cent temporary loading and the 1.5 per cent temporary transformation payment. 

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Social media posts  

NDS will be sharing social media posts with facts about the crisis in disability services. 

You can share our posts or leave a comment on the issues that concern you most, and don’t forget to tag your local federal MP. You can also use the campaign hashtag #4abetterNDIS. 

Follow NDS on LinkedIn @National Disability Services 

How to Contact Your Federal MP

You can find your local federal electorate using this tool from the Australian Electoral commission: Find my electorate. 

You can find the name and contact details of your local MP on the Parliament House website by using Search Senators and Members and clicking Connect.