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Nicolette Boele I move the amendment circulated in my name: (1) Schedule 3, page 100 (after line 6), after Part 2, insert: Part 2A — Significant NDIS rules _National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013_ 13A After section 209D Insert: 209E Additional consultation requirements for certain National Disability Insurance Scheme rules (1) This section applies to National Disability Insurance Scheme rules made for the purposes of any of the following provisions: (a) a provision relating to functional capacity assessments or assessment methodologies; (b) a provision relating to eligibility criteria or early intervention requirements; (c) a provision relating to the determination of supports or the setting of funding levels. (2) Before making rules to which this section applies, the Minister must: (a) publish an exposure draft of the proposed rules; and (b) allow a period of not less than 28 days beginning on the day the exposure draft is published (the _consultation period_) during which persons may make submissions on the proposed rules; and (c) take reasonable steps to consult the following persons during the consultation period: (i) people with disability; (ii) organisations representing the disability community and disability sector, such as Disability Representative and Carer Organisations; (iii) any other persons the Minister considers appropriate. (3) Before making rules to which this section applies, the Minister must publish: (a) a statement summarising the feedback received during the consultation period and the Minister's response to that feedback; and (b) a disability impact statement setting out the expected effect of the proposed rules on participants and prospective participants. I move this amendment to strengthen consultation requirements for the key National Disability Insurance Scheme rules. This amendment goes to a simple but fundamental principle that decisions about people with disability should not be made without them. It speaks to the profound trut
House of Representatives, 2026-07-01. negative: ayes 11, noes 70.
Question
Nicolette Boele I move the amendment circulated in my name: (1) Schedule 3, page 100 (after line 6), after Part 2, insert: Part 2A — Significant NDIS rules _National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013_ 13A After section 209D Insert: 209E Additional consultation requirements for certain National Disability Insurance Scheme rules (1) This section applies to National Disability Insurance Scheme rules made for the purposes of any of the following provisions: (a) a provision relating to functional capacity assessments or assessment methodologies; (b) a provision relating to eligibility criteria or early intervention requirements; (c) a provision relating to the determination of supports or the setting of funding levels. (2) Before making rules to which this section applies, the Minister must: (a) publish an exposure draft of the proposed rules; and (b) allow a period of not less than 28 days beginning on the day the exposure draft is published (the _consultation period_) during which persons may make submissions on the proposed rules; and (c) take reasonable steps to consult the following persons during the consultation period: (i) people with disability; (ii) organisations representing the disability community and disability sector, such as Disability Representative and Carer Organisations; (iii) any other persons the Minister considers appropriate. (3) Before making rules to which this section applies, the Minister must publish: (a) a statement summarising the feedback received during the consultation period and the Minister's response to that feedback; and (b) a disability impact statement setting out the expected effect of the proposed rules on participants and prospective participants. I move this amendment to strengthen consultation requirements for the key National Disability Insurance Scheme rules. This amendment goes to a simple but fundamental principle that decisions about people with disability should not be made without them. It speaks to the profound trut
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