Will drastic NDIS overhaul repeat the mistakes of the past?
The NDIS has transformed support for people with disability by providing greater choice and national consistency, replacing a fragmented and underfunded state-based system. With the federal government cutting $36.2 billion from the NDIS and shifting responsibility back to states, there are concerns about repeating past failures. Advocates warn that without careful planning, the rushed rollout of new state-run services could lead to crises and unmet needs.
- ▪Before the NDIS, state disability services were underfunded, fragmented, and often failed to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
- ▪The federal government plans to remove 160,000 participants from the NDIS by 2030, shifting responsibility to states to provide new supports.
- ▪The 2011 Productivity Commission report found the pre-NDIS system was unfair, inefficient, and left many people waiting years for essential support.
- ▪Advocates like Jim Simpson recall long waiting lists and rationed services under the old system, with help often only coming during crises.
- ▪States will need to establish new support programs, such as the Thriving Kids initiative, despite having dismantled similar services after the NDIS began in 2013.
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What do governments need to do this time to avoid pre-NDIS mistakes?By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan YoungTopic:DisabilitiesSun 17 May 2026 at 5:13amSun 17 May 2026 at 5:13amSun 17 May 2026 at 5:13amKeith McVilly began working with people with disability in the 1980s, helping people move out of state-run institutions such as Hobart's Willow Court (pictured). (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)In short:Before the NDIS, disability support was run by the states and territories, defined by fragmentation, scarcity and segregation.Under the Commonwealth's dramatic cuts to the now-$50 billion scheme, the states will have to pick up more of the slack.What's next?Advocates worry the sweeping changes, if not done properly, could end up…
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