Bruce Bonyhady talked about the main ideas from the NDIS Review about how to make the NDIS better.

We call these ideas recommendations.

IAC Members talked about how they can support the NDIA to follow the recommendations.

IAC Members shared that it is important to focus on making sure:

• providers can give better quality supports

Providers support people with disability by delivering a service.

• people with disability have choice and control to live by themselves.

IAC members also said it’s important that:

• everyone has a fair chance to take part in the NDIS

• NDIS planners have the right training.

An NDIS planner is someone who makes new plans.

The Australian Government will share their response to the recommendations from the NDIS Review.

This means they will share:

• what they agree to do
• how they will do it.

They will also share:

• what they won’t do
• why they decided not to.

The DSS shared an update on how their work on the Government’s response is going.

DSS explained they are working with the community to:

• let more people know about the NDIS Review

• get feedback about the NDIS Review.

When you give feedback, you tell someone what they:

• are doing well 
• can do better. 

The DSS also shared updates about their other work.

They talked about the new NDIS Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce.

In this document we call it the Taskforce.

The Taskforce will give advice to the Australian Government about a new way to check providers.

They shared how they worked with the community to make a response to the Disability Royal Commission.

The Disability Royal Commission looked into problems people with disability have experienced.

It helped the Australian Government find out:

• what went wrong
• what we need to fix.

IAC Members shared that the NDIA need to make sure foundational supports will be available to the people who need them.

Foundational supports are disability supports for all people with disability.

This includes people with disability who don’t take part in the NDIS.

IAC Members shared that they would like to work with the Taskforce.

IAC Members talked about ideas from the recommendations they could create advice about for the NDIA.

IAC talked about creating advice about:

• how foundational supports can work with supports that are not just for people with disability

• the different ways people can join and take part in the NDIS

• navigators.

Navigators help participants to:

• learn about different supports
• connect with experts
• find and use the supports they need.

IAC members also talked about creating advice about:

• home and living

• making sure providers give good services and keep people safe

• self-managed supports.

If you self-manage your NDIS supports, you:

• manage all or part of the money from your plan
• choose what supports you use to reach your goals. 

IAC Members checked the advice they wrote about behaviour supports in the NDIS.

Behaviour supports are ways to support how a participant acts or behaves. 

IAC members agreed to send the advice to the NDIA when it is ready.

The Work Plan is a document that explains the work we will do for 12 months.

We will keep using our Work Plan until the end of June.

This means our next Work Plan can include the things the Australian Government wants to change because of:

• the NDIS Review

• the Disability Royal Commission.