From the Reference Group Co-Chairs

Ms Leah van Poppel.

Ms Leah van Poppel is the Council’s Principal Member.

She is also the Reference Group Co-Chair.

This means she helps run the Reference Group.

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Leah explained that we shared advice with the NDIA Board in March 2023.

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

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Our advice is about how to make the NDIS fair for all participants.

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The NDIA Board will share our advice with the Disability Reform Ministerial Council.

We call this group the DRMC.

The DRMC gives advice to governments about how to:

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  • support people with disability

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  • make policies better.

A policy document.

A policy is:

a government plan for how to do things

  • where rules come from.

Adjunct Associate Professor Jennifer Cullen.

Adjunct Associate Professor Jennifer Cullen is also the Reference Group Co-Chair.

She also helps run the Reference Group.

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Jennifer shared the work the Reference Group has done since their last meeting.