NDIS Amendment Bill 2024 [Provisions] Submission_Australian Autism Alliance__July_2024

The Australian Autism Alliance would like to reiterate that the fact that the NDIS is under significant pressure is completely recognised. We fully support genuine efforts to eliminate all aspects of fraud, ineffective funding use, and overspending. While we are pleased to see the amendments proposed in Revised Sheet PA 112 to address concerns, there is still more to be done as our community still feels worse off under the proposed legislation given the introduction of a raft of new concepts and removal of established concepts. That is, there are still not sufficient guard rails to safeguard participants who rely on the Scheme and for which the Scheme exists. There is still a need to remove the ambiguity that still exists in some of the legislation amendments so they can be interpreted clearly and not rely on the current Minister or NDIA Leadership. To this end, this paper contains additional or enhanced recommendations due to the amendments made to date.