The Council’s priorities for the NDIS Review

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Our priorities are things we think are very important.

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Reference Group members talked about the Council’s priorities for the NDIS Review.

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The Australian Government is checking the NDIS to find out what:

  • works well
  • could be better.

They call it the NDIS Review.

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Members shared that the Council and the Reference Group agree on what the priorities should be.

This includes ideas about how the NDIA should:

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  • communicate

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  • use co-design.

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Co-design is when people work together to plan something new.

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Members explained that the Council should think about the work Purple Orange is doing.

It could help with the Council’s priorities for the NDIS Review.

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Purple Orange created online sessions to start conversations about the future of the NDIS.

They call this the NDIS Conversation Series.

Members shared that the NDIS Review needs to be about:

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  • issues participants have with the NDIS

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  • ways to fix these issues.

Members also shared that the Council’s priorities should include:

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  • choice and control

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  • flexible supports.