Date: January 2026
The RACGP has provided a submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee in response to the
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025.
The Bill makes several amendments including expanding the powers of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, providing participants wishing to withdraw from the NDIS with additional safeguards and communication options, and ensuring plan variations can include an increase or decrease of total funding amounts.
The RACGP’s submission emphasised the need for GPs to be formally and appropriately acknowledged as medical specialists who coordinate the total healthcare of patients with disability. The Bill presents an opportunity to legislate the need for GP expert opinion to be considered when someone applies for the NDIS or their plan is being reviewed.
Read the submission
Submission on the NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 (PDF)