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NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Louise Glanville today welcomed a record $2.5 million penalty imposed by the Federal Court against Lifestyle Solutions (Aust) Pty Ltd. This represents the highest penalty imposed by the Court in proceedings brought by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission). The proceeding concerned NDIS participants and support workers suffering physical violence and abuse in a Supported Independent Living accommodation facility l

The Australian Parliament will consider new legislation to increase safeguarding of NDIS participants and improve the integrity of the scheme. The National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 proposes a range of new powers for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to take stronger regulatory action.   Key measures include:   stronger penalty framework with increased civil penalties and new criminal offences   anti-promotion order

NDIS Internal Auditing Consultants Spotlight The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) has taken decisive regulatory action to protect the integrity of the NDIS Approved Quality Auditor (AQA) Scheme by imposing new conditions on the approval of JPS Audit Specialists Pty Ltd (JPS). This follows serious concerns about JPS’s conduct, including promoting an NDIS consultancy business to providers it was auditing. This conduct undermined impartiality and breached

The NDIS Commission is improving how they check the identity of providers that use our portals. Strong identity checks help keep participants, providers and the NDIS safe against scams, fraud and data breaches. From 7 December 2025, providers will need to transition from using Provider Digital Access (PRODA) to a combination of Digital ID (myID) and Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM) to access NDIS Commission portals:  myID is the Australian Government’s Digital ID ap

The NDIS is currently developing new Practice Standards for Supported Independent Living (SIL) to strengthen quality, safety, and...

On 16 September 2024, the Minister for Government Services and the NDIS, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, announced the registration of all...

From 3 October 2024, new laws for the NDIS are now in effect. This follows the passing of the National Disability Insurance Scheme...

The Australian Government has today published the NDIS Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce’s independent advice to Government on a...

The passage of the Bill allows us to get on with making the NDIS stronger and improving the experience for participants. There will be...