Every Australian Counts says a joint submission from State and Territory Disability Ministers has sounded the alarm on the Federal Government’s proposed NDIS legislation.

“If the Government has not even secured agreement with states and territories on critical alternative supports, what else has it got wrong?” Every Australian Counts Independent Chair Dr George Taleporos said.

“This is not a minor detail. It is a fundamental flaw.”

The submission to the Senate Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 warns that states and territories have not agreed to provide equivalent supports for people who may lose access to the NDIS.

The Ministers state: “States and territories are not in a position, and have made no agreement, to deliver like-for-like services to people who are exited from the NDIS.”

Dr Taleporos said the submission exposes a dangerous gap at the heart of the Bill.

“People with disability, families and advocates have asked: if people are pushed out of the NDIS, where will they go?”

“Now states and territories have answered. They have not agreed to provide those supports, and they are not in a position to deliver them.” “That means there is no clear safety net.”

Dr Taleporos said the Government is asking Parliament to change who can access the NDIS before it has secured the supports people will need outside the Scheme.

“The State and Territory Disability Ministers have confirmed that the alternative supports people are being told to rely on are not agreed, not in place and not ready.”

“This should stop the Bill in its tracks.”

The State and Territory Disability Ministers also warn the proposed reforms could create service gaps, increase pressure on health, housing, education and justice systems, and leave people with disability without the supports they need.

“Need does not disappear when support is removed, it is shifted onto families, hospitals, homelessness services, mental health systems and crisis services. These systems are not replacement NDIS systems.” Dr Taleporos said.

Every Australian Counts is calling on Senators to insist on a longer, more transparent and accessible inquiry process before the Bill proceeds.

“This legislation is too important to rush,” Dr Taleporos said.

“Senators must not allow this Bill to proceed unless the Government can prove that people will not be left without essential support.”

“The NDIS was built through cooperation between governments and the disability community. Any reform that changes who gets support, what support is funded, and what happens to people outside the Scheme must be developed the same way.”

Every Australian Counts says the Bill should not proceed in its current form unless the Government can demonstrate that real, funded and enforceable supports exist outside the NDIS, states and territories have agreed to their role, and people with disability will not be left without essential support.

Stop the cuts.

Fix the System.

Protect our NDIS.

ENDS

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Dr George Taleporos
Every Australian Counts Independent Chair
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