What happened in the last meeting?

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Leah van Poppel ran the last meeting.

She is the Council’s Principal Member.

She’s also a member of the NDIA Board.

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The NDIA Board is a group of people who make decisions about all parts of the NDIA.

A calendar saying 21 September 2022.

It was held on 21 September 2022.

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Leah welcomed The Honourable Bill Shorten.

Bill is the Minister for the NDIS.

A minister leads an area of government.

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Leah talked about the advice we are writing for the NDIA Board.

Our advice is about:

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  • positive behaviour supports – ways to support how a person acts or behaves

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  • making sure the NDIS is fair and includes everyone.

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Then we had a closed session with the Minister.

This means we don’t share what happened in that part of the meeting.

What did Liz Neville share?

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Liz Neville is the Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the NDIA.

  • This means she is helping the person who runs the NDIA for a period of time.

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The CEO couldn’t come to the meeting so Liz came instead.

Liz explained work the NDIA will do.

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The NDIA is working to reduce how many cases the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) look after.

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The AAT is a government organisation that is separate to the NDIS.

They review the NDIA’s decisions about:

  • who can join the NDIS
  • NDIS plans.

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The NDIA will find better ways to protect participants from people doing the wrong thing.

For example, providers charging for services they don’t provide.

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The NDIA will also work with hospitals and health departments to make it easier for participants when they’re ready to leave hospital.

Participants are people with disability who take part in the NDIS.

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Council Members shared that some people with disability can’t get important supports when they are in hospital.