Priorities for the 2025 federal election

A sustainable National Disability Insurance Scheme requires sustainable quality providers. This position paper suggests ways of improving value for money in Australia’s investment in the NDIS by targeting existing funding towards quality services, along with a suite of other measures to support a viable sector. The paper calls on all political parties to commit to valuing quality and effective sector stewardship in the lead-up to the 2025 federal election.

Key recommendations

• Tiered pricing that accounts for quality services, registration, rural and remote challenges and providing complex care.
• Independent pricing that is transparent and fair.
• Universal registration for all NDIS providers.
• Funding for workforce; better wages and working conditions to create the disability workforce of the future.
• The NDIS Minister to be in cabinet.
• A clear roadmap for reform.
• Investment in foundational supports.
• More jobs for people with disability.
• A strong and proportionate regulation system.