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Submission, SUB-Y2G8-001934. Return to footnote 1 ↩ Young, S. DisabilityCare is just a step towards a better Australia , ABC News, 3 July 2013. Return to footnote 2 ↩ Productivity Commission, Disability care and Support Inquiry Report , No. 54, Productivity Commission website, 31 July 2011. Return to footnote 3 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023; Johnson, S. and Gifford, D. National Disability Insurance Scheme Annual Financial Sustainability Report 2021-22 , National Disability Insurance Agency, n.d. Return to footnote 4 ↩ Submission, SUB-N9X1-001903. Return to footnote 5 ↩ Submission, SUB-Y2G8-001934. Return to footnote 6 ↩ Submission, SUB-N1S3-001728. Return to footnote 7 ↩ Productivity Commission, Review of the National Disability Agreement Study report , Productivity Commission website, February 2019. Return to footnote 8 ↩ Submission, SUB-Q3S7-000236. Return to footnote 9 ↩ Submission, SUB-V9P6-000775. Return to footnote 10 ↩ Submission, SUB-J1P0-000509. Return to footnote 11 ↩ Submission, SUB-W7L6-000437. Return to footnote 12 ↩ Submission, SUB-G1K9-000784. Return to footnote 13 ↩ Submission, SUB-J6L9-000041. Return to footnote 14 ↩ Submission, SUB-S1R4-000751. Return to footnote 15 ↩ Submission, SUB-V7W5-000529. Return to footnote 16 ↩ Duffy, S. Designing NDIS: An International Perspective on Individual Funding Systems , The Centre for Welfare Reform, 2013, p. 28. Return to footnote 17 ↩ Duffy, S., Brown, M. Redesigning the NDIS: An international perspective on an Australian disability support system , Citizen Network, 2023. Return to footnote 18 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023; Johnson, S. and Gifford, D. National Disability Insurance Scheme Annual Financial Sustainability Report 2021-22 , National Disability Insurance Agency, n.d. Return to footnote 19 ↩ Avery, S. Culture is Inclusion: A narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability , First Peoples Disability Network Australia, 2018. Return to footnote 20 ↩ Australian Early Development Census, Australian Early Development Census National Report 2021: Early Childhood Development in Australia , AEDC website, 2021 Return to footnote 21 ↩ Productivity Commission, Mental Health Inquiry Report , Productivity Commission website, November 2020. Return to footnote 22 ↩ Consultation, Disability Advocacy Network Australia, 8 August 2023 Return to footnote 23 ↩ Productivity Commission, Disability Care and Support Inquiry Report Volume 1 , Productivity Commission website, July 2011, p. 12; Department of Social Services, Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Strategic Documents , DSS website, January 2022. Return to footnote 24 ↩ Olney, S., Mills, A., Fallon, L. The Tier 2 tipping point: access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding , Melbourne Disability Institute, University of Melbourne, June 2022. Return to footnote 25 ↩ Submission, SUB-G1K9-000784. Return to footnote 26 ↩ Consultation, Self-Advocacy Resource Unit, members and people with disability, 17 July 2023. Return to footnote 27 ↩ Submission, SUB-T0Y5-000806. Return to footnote 28 ↩ Submission, SUB-F8J6-000822. Return to footnote 29 ↩ Erin Wilson, E., Qian-Khoo, J., Campain, R. et al., Informing Investment Design: ILC Research Activity , Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology, November 2021. Return to footnote 30 ↩ Productivity Commission, Report on Government Services 2023 – Services for people with disability , Productivity Commission website, January 2023. Return to footnote 31 ↩ Productivity Commission, Report on Government Services 2023 , Productivity Commission website, 2023. Return to footnote 32 ↩ Productivity Commission, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Costs Study Report , Productivity Commission website, October 2017; Productivity Commission, Review of the National Disability Agreement study report , Productivity Commission website, February 2019. Return to footnote 33 ↩ Submission, SUB-K8G2-003613. Return to footnote 34 ↩ Submissions, SUB-M4Y6-001957; SUB-K1P6-002005; SUB-B8S2-002308. Return to footnote 35 ↩ Australian Healthcare Associates, Review of Assistive Technology Programs in Australia: Final Report , 9 June 2020, p. 4. Return to footnote 36 ↩ Layton, N. and Brusco, N., The Australian assistive technology equity studies: Improving access to assistive technology for people with disability who are not eligible for the NDIS , Monash University and COTA Victoria, 2022, p. 5. Return to footnote 37 ↩ Productivity Commission, Mental Health inquiry report volume 3 , Productivity Commission website, 2020, p. 844, 862. Return to footnote 38 ↩ Australian Early Development Census, Australian Early Development Census National Report 2021: Early Childhood Development in Australia , AEDC website, 2021. Return to footnote 39 ↩ Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, People with disability in Australia 2022 , AIHW website, 2022. Return to footnote 40 ↩ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings , ABS website, October 2019. Return to footnote 41 ↩ Employ My Ability: Disability Employment Strategy . Return to footnote 42 ↩Council of Australian Governments, 2010–2020 National Disability Strategy , Australian Government, 2011, p. 3. Return to footnote 43 ↩ United Nations, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) , 2006. Return to footnote 44 ↩ Australian Human Rights Commission, 2017-2018 Complaint statistics, 2018 ; Australian Human Rights Commission, 2021-22 Complain Statistics , 2022. Return to footnote 45 ↩ Australian Human Rights Commission, Free and Equal: A reform agenda for federal discrimination laws , Australian Human Rights Commission, 2021; Submission, SUB-W4N6-002069. Return to footnote 46 ↩ Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Volume 4: Realising the Human Rights of People with Disability , Australian Government, 2023. Return to footnote 47 ↩ Department of Social Services, The Applied Principles and Tables of Support to Determine Responsibilities NDIS and other services , DSS website, 2021. Return to footnote 48 ↩ Submissions, SUB-N7T1-000999; SUB-W0H8-000601. Return to footnote 49 ↩ Submission, SUB-L5B0-000827. Return to footnote 50 ↩ Consultation, First Peoples Disability Network (Broome), July 2023. Return to footnote 51 ↩ Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Region Development, Communications and the Arts, Discussion paper—2022 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 , DITRDCA website, 2022. Return to footnote 52 ↩ Submissions, SUB-L1V6-000803; SUB-V1D7-001085; SUB-K0B5-001005; SUB-R4W6-000092. Return to footnote 53 ↩ Submissions, SUB-L1V6-000803; SUB-V1D7-001085; SUB-K0B5-001005; SUB-R4W6-000092, Return to footnote 54 ↩ Research Centre for Children and Families, Children with disability in out-of-home care – summary of the literature , The University of Sydney, 2022. Return to footnote 55 ↩ Submissions, SUB-H8B2-000103; SUB-W8V2-001000; SUB-M3Z0-000528; SUB-R8D5-001002. Return to footnote 56 ↩ Child and Family Services Roundtable, July 2023; Submissions, SUB-H8B2-000103; SUB-C9W5-003134. Return to footnote 57 ↩ Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, The health of Australia’s prisoners , AIHW website, 2019, p. 78. Return to footnote 58 ↩ Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Indefinite Detention of People with Cognitive and Psychiatric Impairment in Australia: Final Report , Parliament of Australia, 29 November 2016, p. 24. Return to footnote 59 ↩ Yates, S., Dodd, S., Doyle, C., Buick, F., & Dickinson, H., Where specialist and mainstream service systems collide: The National Disability Insurance Scheme in prisons , Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2022, p. 611-628; Submission, SUB-W8V2-001000; Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Volume 8: Criminal justice and people with disability , Australian Government, 29 September 2023, p. 219-21. Return to footnote 60 ↩ Submission, SUB-K5L3-001794. Return to footnote 61 ↩ Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Volume 8 Criminal justice and people with disability , Australian Government, 29 September 2023, p. 211, 213. Return to footnote 62 ↩ Submissions SUB-K7J7-002344; SUB-Z6Z5-001208; SUB-L1Z4-001480. Return to footnote 63 ↩ Inclusion Australia, Submission to the Early Years Strategy Discussion Paper , Inclusion Australia, 30 April 2023. Return to footnote 64 ↩ Australian Institute or Health and Welfare, People with disability in Australia , AIHW website, July 2022. Return to footnote 65 ↩ Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Volume 7: Inclusive education, employment and housing , Australian Government, 29 September 2023, p. 190-1, 271. Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Media Release: Students with disability face serious barriers to accessing safe, quality and inclusive education , Australian Government, 17 November 2021. Return to footnote 66 ↩ Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Media Release: Students with disability face serious barriers to accessing safe, quality and inclusive education , Australian Government, 17 November 2021. Return to footnote 67 ↩ Submissions, SUB-M3D3-000439; SUB-Q6C1-000132; SUB-G0F8-000036; SUB-S2W1-000272; SUB-L8L8-000863; SUB-V0N7-000812. Return to footnote 68 ↩ Submissions, SUB-L4R8-000632; SUB-M3D3-000439; SUB-S2W1-000272; SUB-D5T5-000841. Return to footnote 69 ↩ Australian Government, National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 , Federal Register of Legislation, 2022, s 29. Return to footnote 70 ↩ Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, Volume 2: The current system , Australian Government, 1 March 2021, p. 5.; Submissions, SUB-D5J3-000824; SUB-F4B0-000821; SUB-T0Y5-000806. Return to footnote 71 ↩ Productivity Commission, Volume 1: Mental Health inquiry report, Productivity Commission website, 30 June 2020, p. 30-34. Return to footnote 72 ↩ Young People in Nursing Homes National Alliance, Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee’s Concussions and Head Trauma in Sport Inquiry , Parliament of Australia website, February 2023, p. 7. Return to footnote 73 ↩ Productivity Commission, Disability Care and Support inquiry report , Productivity Commission website, 31 July 2011, p. 180, 917. Return to footnote 74 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Compensation Information for NDIS Review , unpublished, 2023, p. 1. Return to footnote 75 ↩ Submission, SUB-C2L8-001882. Return to footnote 76 ↩ Submission, SUB-S9S1-000453. Return to footnote 77 ↩ Submission, SUB-Q1J3-001836. Return to footnote 78 ↩ Submission, SUB-Z6J9-002895. Return to footnote 79 ↩ Submission, SUB-D5T9-000646. Return to footnote 80 ↩ Griffith University, Presentation at the policy forum on reasonable and necessary decision-making , Adjudicating Rights for a Sustainable NDIS: ARC Discovery Project 2021-2023, 12 September 2023. Return to footnote 81 ↩ Submission, SUB-P3F1-003300 Return to footnote 82 ↩ Submission, SUB-H0Z1-001062. Return to footnote 83 ↩ Interview, NDIS Review, 22 March 2023. Return to footnote 84 ↩ Submission, SUB-L3G4-000423. Return to footnote 85 ↩ Submission, SUB-V1Y6-000330. Return to footnote 86 ↩ Submission, SUB-W5B7-000049. Return to footnote 87 ↩ Submission, SUB-C3J3-001145. Return to footnote 88 ↩ Submission, SUB-Y2B0-000400. Return to footnote 89 ↩ Productivity Commission, Disability Care and Support inquiry report , Productivity Commission website, 31 July 2011. p. 171 Return to footnote 90 ↩ Submission, SUB-T0Y5-000806. Return to footnote 91 ↩ Submission, SUB-R3D8-003210. Return to footnote 92 ↩ Submission, SUB-G7H2-002315. Return to footnote 93 ↩ Tune, D. Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013: Removing Red Tape and Implementing the NDIS Participant Service Guarantee , DSS website, December 2019 ; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Review of NDIS Planning: Final Report , December 2020. Return to footnote 94 ↩ Consultation, Disability Advocacy Network Australia, 8 August 2023 Return to footnote 95 ↩ Submission, SUB-B8V6-000042 Return to footnote 96 ↩ Submission, SUB-N1Q7-001921. Return to footnote 97 ↩ Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Review of NDIS Planning: Final Report , December 2020. Return to footnote 98 ↩ Productivity Commission, Disability Care and Support inquiry report , Productivity Commission website, 31 July 2011. Return to footnote 99 ↩ Submission, SUB-C0C3-003354. Return to footnote 100 ↩ Submission, SUB-B4F9-002286 Return to footnote 101 ↩ NDIS Review, Analysis of unpublished data supplied by the NDIA as at 30 June 2023 , October 2023. Return to footnote 102 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant dashboards: Data downloads , NDIA, 30 June 2022. The percentage of adult participants in the NDIS with a disability that would likely benefit from SDM is calculated by adding several categories of primary disability (autism, developmental delay, intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke and Down Syndrome), then calculating what proportion of adult participants this represents. The percentage of participants under the age of 18 is calculated by taking the age brackets for participants 18 years or below and adding them together, then calculating what proportion of total participants this represents. We acknowledge that this figure is speculative and does not account for individual circumstances or situations, however there is limited data available on this issue and more research is needed to better reflect the true picture of participant need for support for decision-making. Return to footnote 103 ↩ Submission, SUB-C1T4-000174. Return to footnote 104 ↩ Submission, SUB-X6Q6-001469. Return to footnote 105 ↩ NDIA, Unpublished analysis supplied by the NDIA to the NDIS Review , July 2023. Return to footnote 106 ↩ Carers NSW Australia, 2022 National Carer Survey , Carers NSW, 2022. Return to footnote 107 ↩ Bigby, C., Whiteside, M., Douglas, J. Providing support for decision making to adults with intellectual disability: Perspectives of family members and workers in disability support services , Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 44:4, 2019. Return to footnote 108 ↩ NDIA, Unpublished analysis supplied by the NDIA to the NDIS Review , July 2023. Return to footnote 109 ↩ Consultation, Disability Advocacy Network Australia, 10 August 2023. Return to footnote 110 ↩ Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Australian Early Development Census: National Report 2021 , Australian Early Development Census, 2021. Return to footnote 111 ↩ Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Australian Early Development Census: National Report 2021 , Australian Early Development Census, 2021. Return to footnote 112 ↩ Productivity Commission, Report on Government Services: School education , Productivity Commission website, 6 June 2023, Table 4.7A. Return to footnote 113 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023, p. 15. Return to footnote 114 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023, p. 79. Return to footnote 115 ↩ Centre for Community Child Health (2021). Mainstream Child Development Check Program: Research Insights. Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute* Return to footnote 116 ↩ Centre for Community Child Health (2021). Mainstream Child Development Check Program: Research Insights. Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute* Return to footnote 117 ↩ Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia’s children , Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 25 February 2022. Return to footnote 118 ↩ Submission, SUB-V4X4-003661. Return to footnote 119 ↩ Department of Education, Inclusion Support Program Guidelines: Version 2.5 , Department of Education website, July 2023, p. 6. Return to footnote 120 ↩ Bray, J. R, Carroll, M., Baxter, J., Budinski, M. and Gray, M., Evaluation of the Inclusion Support Program , Australian Institute of Family Studies, December 2022. Return to footnote 121 ↩ Submission, SUB-V4X4-003661. Return to footnote 122 ↩ Dickinson, H., Smith, C., Yates, S. and Faulkner, A., How deep does it go? Australian students with disability and their experience of entrenched inequity in education , Children and Young People with Disability Australia, 27 May 2023. Return to footnote 123 ↩ Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Public Hearing 7: Barriers experienced by students with disability in accessing and obtaining a safe, quality and inclusive school education and consequent life course impacts, Australian Government, 7 May 2021. Return to footnote 124 ↩ Submission, SUB-T7H0-000620. Return to footnote 125 ↩ Submission, SUB-D9J1-002761. Return to footnote 126 ↩ Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Independent Assessments: Final Report , Parliament of Australia, October 2021. Return to footnote 127 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, The early childhood approach for children younger than 9 , July 2023, NDIA website. Return to footnote 128 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) Implementation Reset , NDIA website, November 2020. Return to footnote 129 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, The early childhood approach for children younger than 9 , July 2023, NDIA website; Reimagine Australia, What is best practice , Reimagine Australia, n.d. Return to footnote 130 ↩ Independent Advisory Council to the NDIS, Promoting best practice in early childhood intervention , Independent Advisory Council to the NDIS, March 2020. Return to footnote 131 ↩ Arefadib, N. and Moore, T.G., Realising the Potential: Early Childhood Intervention under the NDIS , Murdoch Children’s Research Institute for the Victorian Department of Education and Training, September 2019. Return to footnote 132 ↩ Submission, SUB-C5D8-001090. Return to footnote 133 ↩ Submission, SUB-J9Y3-000187. Return to footnote 134 ↩ Submission, SUB-C3S4-003726. Return to footnote 135 ↩ Department of Social Services, Early Years Strategy , DSS website, July 2023; Department of Social Services, National Autism Strateg y , DSS website, September 2023; Department of Education, The National School Reform Agreement , Department of Education website, December 2022; Productivity Commission, Early childhood education and care , Productivity Commission website, 2023. Return to footnote 136 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Supplement to NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , 30 June 2023, p. 4; NDIA, Unpublished analysis supplied by the NDIA to the NDIS Review , October 2023. Return to footnote 137 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant dashboards: Psychosocial Disability dashboard summary , NDIA, 30 June 2023, p. 1. Return to footnote 138 ↩ Submission, K4Z4-000804. Return to footnote 139 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant dashboards: Psychosocial Disability dashboard summary , NDIA, 30 June 2023, p. 5. Return to footnote 140 ↩ Submissions, SUB-H9P8-000229; SUB-T3F0-002183. Return to footnote 141 ↩ Submission, SUB-L4K3-002619. Return to footnote 142 ↩ Submission, SUB-K4Z4-000804. Return to footnote 143 ↩ Submissions, SUB-L1X9-000724; SUB-Z1Z6-001389; SUB-C5K7-002366. Return to footnote 144 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Psychosocial Disability Recovery-Oriented Framework , NDIA, 2021, p. 6. Return to footnote 145 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant dashboards: Psychosocial Disability dashboard summary , NDIA, 30 June 2023, p. 4. Return to footnote 146 ↩ Submission, SUB-L4K3-002619. Return to footnote 147 ↩ Hayes, L., Brophy, L., Harvey, C. et al., Effective, evidence-based psychosocial interventions suitable for early intervention in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS): promoting psychosocial functioning and recovery , University of Melbourne and Mind Australia, September 2016. Return to footnote 148 ↩ Submission, SUB-D1P7-002703. Return to footnote 149 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant dashboards: Psychosocial Disability dashboard summary , NDIA, 30 June 2023, p. 4. Return to footnote 150 ↩ Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Expenditure on mental health-related services , AIHW website, August 2023. Return to footnote 151 ↩ NDIA, Unpublished analysis supplied by the NDIA to the NDIS Review , October 2023; AIHW, Expenditure on mental health related services . Return to footnote 152 ↩ Productivity Commission, Volume 3: Mental Health inquiry report , Productivity Commission website, 30 June 2020, p. 862. Return to footnote 153 ↩ Submission, SUB-Y3G4-002729. Return to footnote 154 ↩ Productivity Commission, Volume 1: Mental Health inquiry report , Productivity Commission website, 30 June 2020, p. 30, 34. Return to footnote 155 ↩ Submission, SUB-L4K3-002619. Return to footnote 156 ↩ Submission, SUB-K7K3-002422. Return to footnote 157 ↩ McGorry, P., Coghill, D. and Berk, M., Mental health of Young Australians: dealing with a public health crisis , Medical Journal of Australia, July 2023. Return to footnote 158 ↩ United Nations, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol , United Nations, 13 December 2006. Return to footnote 159 ↩ NDIS Review, Analysis of unpublished data supplied by the NDIA as at 30 June 2023, September 2023. Return to footnote 160 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023. Return to footnote 161 ↩ Submission, SUB-M4X2-002714. Return to footnote 162 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023, National Disability Insurance Agency, AAT applications received with SDA in dispute for FY2022-23 , unpublished, 28 August 2023. Return to footnote 163 ↩ Submissions, SUB-X4C8-002783; SUB-V1Z3-002697; SUB-Q9M5-002597. Return to footnote 164 ↩ Submissions, SUB-C2L8-001882; SUB-X4C8-002783 Return to footnote 165 ↩ Submission, SUB-C2L8-001882. Return to footnote 166 ↩ Submission, SUB-F6N5-003169. Return to footnote 167 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Supplement P to NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA website, August 2023. Return to footnote 168 ↩ NDIS Review, Analysis of unpublished data supplied by the NDIA as at 30 June 2023, September 2023. Return to footnote 169 ↩ Submission, SUB‑D4R0-003765. Return to footnote 170 ↩ Submission, SUB-X4C8-002783. Return to footnote 171 ↩ Submission, SUB‑C3W7-001123. Return to footnote 172 ↩ Submissions, SUB-C9R4-003751; SUB-M8L2-003799. Return to footnote 173 ↩ NDIS Review, Analysis of unpublished data supplied by the NDIA as at 30 June 2023 , September 2023. Return to footnote 174 ↩ Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Inquiry into Supported Independent Living , Parliament of Australia, May 2020; Tune, D. Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013: Removing Red Tape and Implementing the NDIS Participant Service Guarantee , DSS website, December 2019; Independent Advisory Council to the NDIS, Challenges in housing and support under the NDIS , November 2019. Return to footnote 175 ↩ Submission, SUB-J3W8-001498; Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Final Report, Volume 7 – Part C, Inclusive education, employment and housing , Australian Government, September 2023. Return to footnote 176 ↩ Consultation, Every Australian Counts, 18 September 2023. Return to footnote 177 ↩ NDIA, NDIS Pricing Arrangements for Specialist Disability Accommodation 2023-24 (Version 1.2) , NDIS website, 12 July 2023; NDIA, NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation Design Standard (Edition 1.1) , NDIS website, 25 October 2019. Return to footnote 178 ↩ Submission, SUB-G0B7-001547. Return to footnote 179 ↩ Submission, SUB-C1F3-000410. Return to footnote 180 ↩ Submission, SUB-R5R6-000976. Return to footnote 181 ↩ Submission, SUB-F3J0-000030. Return to footnote 182 ↩ Submission, SUB-R5K1-000456. Return to footnote 183 ↩ Submission, SUB-V8M3-001777. Return to footnote 184 ↩ Submission, SUB-D3Y0-000548. Return to footnote 185 ↩ Australian National Audit Office, Effectiveness of the National Disability Insurance Agency’s Management of Assistance with Daily Life Supports , ANAO, June 2023. Return to footnote 186 ↩ NDIA, Analysis of 2022-23 payments subject to price controls , unpublished, October 2023. Return to footnote 187 ↩ NDIA, Final report - Financial Benchmarking Survey 2021-22, May 2022, p. 69. Return to footnote 188 ↩ Submission, SUB-K4P2-003773. Return to footnote 189 ↩ NDIS Review, Analysis of unpublished data supplied by the NDIA as at 30 June 2023 , September 2023. Return to footnote 190 ↩ Submission, SUB-Q2G5-002552. Return to footnote 191 ↩ Get Skilled Access, NDIS 2.0: A disability-led plan for the NDIS , Get Skilled Access, 2022, p. 22. Return to footnote 192 ↩ Submission, SUB-W7Q4-003815. Return to footnote 193 ↩ Department of Social Services, NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Framework , DSS website, 9 December 2016. Return to footnote 194 ↩ Gupta, M., Soll, R. and Suresh, G., The relationship between patient safety and quality improvement in neonatology , Seminars in Perinatology, December 2019; Care Quality Commission, The fundamental standards , CQC website, August 2022. Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission – Regulatory Strategy , ACQSC, January 2020. Return to footnote 195 ↩ Submission, SUB-T4W3-002563. Return to footnote 196 ↩ NDIS Commission, NDIS Workforce Capability Framework , NDIS Commission website, May 2022; NDIS Commission, Evidence Matters , NDIS Commission website, July 2023; NDIS Commission, Practice Alerts , NDIS Commission website, August 2023. Return to footnote 197 ↩ Submission, SUB-B8K3-001446. Return to footnote 198 ↩ Submission, SUB-F7V0-001463. Return to footnote 199 ↩ Submission, SUB-W4N6-002069. Return to footnote 200 ↩ Submission, SUB-F3R9-001128. Return to footnote 201 ↩ Submission, SUB-G0B7-001547. Return to footnote 202 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Supplement E to NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA website, August 2023, Table E.1. Return to footnote 203 ↩ Submission, SUB-G4M1-000037. Return to footnote 204 ↩ Productivity Commission,National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Costs Study Report , Productivity Commission website, 19 October 2017. Return to footnote 205 ↩ Productivity Commission,National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Costs Study Report , Productivity Commission website, 19 October 2017; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Market Readiness for provision of services under the NDIS - Final Report , Parliament of Australia, September 2018, p. 63-78; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Planning - Final Report , Parliament of Australia, December 2020, p. 173-176, 201-211; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Workforce - Final Report , Parliament of Australia, February 2022, p. 23-31, 37-50; Tune, D. Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013: Removing Red Tape and Implementing the NDIS Participant Service Guarantee , DSS website, December 2019; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, General issues 2021 – Final Report , Parliament of Australia, November 2021, p. 122; Queensland Productivity Commission, Inquiry into The NDIS Market in Queensland - Final Report , Queensland Treasury, April 2021, p. 256. Return to footnote 206 ↩ Department of Social Services, Analysis of NDIS market using NDIS monthly datasets as at 30 June 2023 , unpublished, October 2023. Return to footnote 207 ↩ Submission,SUB-L5B0-000827. Return to footnote 208 ↩ Reeders, D., Carey, G., Malbon, E., Dickinson, H., Gilchrist, D., Duff, G., Chand, S., Kavanagh, A., and Alexander, D., Market Capacity Framework: An approach for identifying thin markets in the NDIS , Centre for Social Impact, December 2019. Return to footnote 209 ↩ Department of Social Services, Analysis of NDIS market using NDIS monthly datasets as at 30 June 2023 , unpublished, October 2023. Return to footnote 210 ↩ [210] Bedford, J. and Atchison, C., Exhibit 25-078: Statement of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services (Inc) for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability , Australian Government, 17 June 2022, p. 5. Return to footnote 211 ↩ Smith, K. and McRae, K., Exhibit 25-019: Joint Statement of Kunmanara (Margaret) Smith and Kim McRae , Australian Government, 21 June 2022, p. 29-30. Return to footnote 212 ↩ Disability Sector Strengthening Plan, Disability Sector Strengthening Plan (closingthegap.gov.au), 2022 Return to footnote 213 ↩Department of Social Services, Analysis of NDIS monthly data - NDIA Annual Financial Sustainability Reports , unpublished, February 2023 Return to footnote 214 ↩ Submission, SUB-B4K4-000560. Return to footnote 215 ↩ Department of Social Services, Analysis of NDIS monthly data - NDIA AFSR , unpublished, February 2023 Return to footnote 216 ↩ Submission, SUB-Q1Z1-002696. Return to footnote 217 ↩ Department of Social Services, Analysis of NDIS monthly data - NDIA AFSR , unpublished, February 2023; National Disability Services, NDS Workforce Census Key Findings June 2021 , NDS, December 2021; National Skills Commission, Care Workforce Labour Market Study: Final Report , National Skills Commission website, September 2021; Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings , ABS website, 2018; Deloitte Access Economics, The value of informal care in 2020, commissioned by Carers Australia , Deloitte, May 2020. Return to footnote 218 ↩ Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA), NDIS workforce retention: Findings from the NDIS workforce survey , Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2023. Return to footnote 219 ↩ Department of Social Services, Analysis of NDIS monthly data - NDIA AFSR , unpublished, February 2023 Return to footnote 220 ↩ Submission, SUB-N4M8-000761. Return to footnote 221 ↩ Submission, SUB-F1B8-001038. Return to footnote 222 ↩ National Skills Commission, Care Workforce Labour Market Study: Final Report , National Skills Commission website, September 2021. Return to footnote 223 ↩ Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Workforce - Final Report , Parliament of Australia, February 2022, p. 101. Return to footnote 224 ↩ Submission, SUB-N4M8-000761. Return to footnote 225 ↩ National Disability Services, State of the Disability Sector Report 2022 , NDS website, November 2022. Return to footnote 226 ↩ Douglas, J., Winkler, D., Oliver, S., Liddicoat, S. and D’Cruz, K., Moving into new housing designed for people with disability: preliminary evaluation of outcomes , Disability and Rehabilitation, 2023, p. 1370-1378. Return to footnote 227 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant Safeguarding Policy , NDIA, April 2023; National Disability Insurance Agency, Supported Decision Making Policy , NDIA, April 2023; Mackey, T. & Hoffman, M., Joint Statement on the Approach to Supporting at Risk NDIS participants , NDIS Commission website, June 2022. Return to footnote 228 ↩ Submission, SUB-N2Q0-001571. Return to footnote 229 ↩ Department of Social Services, NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Framework , DSS website, 9 December 2016. Return to footnote 230 ↩ Department of Social Services,NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Framework , DSS website, 9 December 2016. Return to footnote 231 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, The Participant Safeguarding Co-design story , NDIA website, 2023; NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission, Annual Report 2021-22 , NDIS Commission website, October 2022. Return to footnote 232 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, How do we think about risks when we create your plan , NDIA website, 29 June 2022; National Disability Insurance Agency, Changing Your Plan , NDIA website, 3 November 2022; T Mackey, Exhibit 26-102: Witness Statement of Ms Tracy Anne Mackey , Australian Government, 8 August 2022; NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, About own motion inquiries , NDIS Commission website, 13 February 2023; NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Compliance and Enforcement Policies , NDIS Commission website, 22 December 2022; Mackey, T. & Hoffman, M., Joint Statement on the Approach to Supporting at Risk NDIS participants , NDIS Commission website, June 2022; NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission and National Disability Insurance Agency, Exhibit 32-195: Operational Protocol for NDIS participant at risk , Australian Government, 3 April 2023. Return to footnote 233 ↩ Duffy, L. and Winther, T., Participant Check-ins: The reality on the ground , DSC website, 19 July 2022; Hargrave, J., Safeguards and Quality – Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation of People with Disability , Australian Government, 1 February 2021. Return to footnote 234 ↩ Submission, SUB-R4T3-001735. Return to footnote 235 ↩ Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Inquiry: Final Repor t , Parliament of Australia, November 2021; Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Overview of responses to the Safeguards and Quality Issues paper , Australian Government, September 2021. Return to footnote 236 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant dashboards: Data downloads , NDIA, 30 June 2023. The percentage of adult participants in the NDIS with a disability that would likely benefit from SDM is calculated by adding several categories of primary disability (autism, developmental delay, intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke and Down Syndrome), then calculating what proportion of adult NDIS participants this represents. The percentage of participants under the age of 18 is calculated by taking the age brackets for participants 18 years or below and adding them together, then calculating what proportion of total NDIS participants this represents. We acknowledge that this figure is speculative and does not account for individual circumstances or situations, however there is limited data available on this issue and more research is needed to better reflect the true picture of participant need for support for decision-making. Return to footnote 237 ↩ Melbourne Disability Institute, Victorian Disability Act Review: Submission from the Melbourne Disability Institute , Melbourne Disability Institute, October 2021; Tune, D. Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013: Removing Red Tape and Implementing the NDIS Participant Service Guarantee , DSS website, December 2019; Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Overview of responses to the Safeguards and Quality Issues paper, Australian Government, September 2021. Return to footnote 238 ↩ Submission, SUB-R4T3-001735. Return to footnote 239 ↩ Westwood Spice, Community Visitor Schemes Review , Department of Social Services for the Disability Reform Council, Council of Australian Governments, Department of Social Services, December 2018; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Inquiry: Final Report , Parliament of Australia, November 2021. Return to footnote 240 ↩ Westwood Spice, Community Visitor Schemes Review , Department of Social Services for the Disability Reform Council, Council of Australian Governments, Department of Social Services, December 2018. Return to footnote 241 ↩ Department of Social Services, NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Framework , DSS website, December 2016. Return to footnote 242 ↩ Victorian Office of the Public Advocate, Submission to the NDIS Participant Safeguarding Proposals Paper , Victorian OPA, 30 June 2023; ACT Government, Submission to the Inquiry into the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission , Parliament of Australia, August 2020; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Inquiry: Final Report , Parliament of Australia, November 2021; Consultation, 8 June 2023, Workshop on Participant Safeguarding and Governance, Outcomes and Benefits. Return to footnote 243 ↩ Australian Law Reform Commission, Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response , ALRC website, May 2017. Return to footnote 244 ↩ NSW Ageing & Disability Commission, What we do , NSW Ageing & Disability Commission website, n.d.; Government of South Australia, History of the Adult Safeguarding Unit , SA Health website, n.d. Return to footnote 245 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023. Return to footnote 246 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023. Return to footnote 247 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Quarterly Performance Report – April – June 2023 , NDIS Commission, n.d. Return to footnote 248 ↩ Submission, SUB-N2W4-001437. Return to footnote 249 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, NDIS Code of Conduct , NDIS Commission website, March 2023. Return to footnote 250 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, Participant dashboards: Data downloads , NDIA, 30 June 2023. Note: The percentage of adult participants in the NDIS with a disability that would likely benefit from support for decision-making is calculated by adding everal categories of primary disability (autism, developmental delay, intellectual disability, acquired brain Working together to deliver the NDIS NDIS Review: Final Report 321 injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke and Down Syndrome), then calculating what proportion of adult NDIS participants this represents. The percentage of participants under the age of 18 is calculated by taking the age brackets for participants 18 years or below and adding them together, then calculating what proportion of total NDIS participants this represents. We acknowledge that this figure is speculative and does not account for individual circumstances or situations, however there is limited data available on this issue and more research is needed to better reflect the true picture of participant need for support for decision-making. Return to footnote 251 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Understanding what is involved in an audit , NDIS Commission website, October 2022. Return to footnote 252 ↩ Submission, SUB-W1F5-000242. Return to footnote 253 ↩ Submission, SUB-L1Y5-001052. Return to footnote 254 ↩ Submission, SUB-G5Y8-001420. Return to footnote 255 ↩ Submission, SUB-Z4W2-001443. Return to footnote 256 ↩ Submission, SUB-D3Y0-000548. Return to footnote 257 ↩ NDIS Commission, Unpublished analysis supplied by the NDIS Commission to the NDIS Review , October 2023. Return to footnote 258 ↩ Submission, SUB-D3Y0-000548. Return to footnote 259 ↩ Australian Government, National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 , Federal Register of Legislation, 2022. Return to footnote 260 ↩ University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney, Research Report: Restrictive Practices: A pathway to elimination , Australian Government, July 2023. Return to footnote 261 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, The Unauthorised Uses of Restrictive Practices in the National Disability Insurance Scheme report , NDIS Commission, February 2023; Cortis, N., Smuth, C. and Katz, I., Reducing restrictive practices: A review of evidence-based alternatives , Australian Government, August 2023. Return to footnote 262 ↩ Family Advocacy, Submission in response to the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework Issues Paper , Family Advocacy, n.d.; Submissions SUB-L9S7-001763; SUB-J9Q0-001115; SUB-Y1T1-001572. Return to footnote 263 ↩ University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney, Research Report: Restrictive Practices: A pathway to elimination , Australian Government, July 2023. Return to footnote 264 ↩ Submission, SUB-N4N7-001192. Return to footnote 265 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Unauthorised uses of restrictive practices in the NDIS report , NDIS Commission, February 2023. Return to footnote 266 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Quarterly Performance Report – April – June 2023 , NDIS Commission website, n.d.; NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Unauthorised uses of restrictive practices in the NDIS report , NDIS Commission, February 2023. Return to footnote 267 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Behaviour support and restrictive practices fact sheet , NDIS Commission, July 2020; NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Quarterly Performance Report – April – June 2023 , NDIS Commission website, n.d. Return to footnote 268 ↩ University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney, Research Report: Restrictive Practices: A pathway to elimination , Australian Government, July 2023. See also: McCallum, R., The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Assessment of Australia’s Level of Compliance , Australian Government, October 2020. Return to footnote 269 ↩ Commonwealth of Australia, National Framework for Reducing and Eliminating the Use of Restrictive Practices in the Disability Service Sector , Department of Social Services, November 2014; Head, G., Exhibit 6-25: Witness Statement of Mr Graeme Head AO , Australian Government, 4 September 2020. Return to footnote 270 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Practices proposed to be prohibited , NDIS Commission, n.d. Return to footnote 271 ↩ University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney, Research Report: Restrictive Practices: A pathway to elimination , Australian Government, July 2023. Return to footnote 272 ↩ Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Volume 7: Inclusive education, employment and housing , Australian Government, 29 September 2023; Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Volume 6: Enabling autonomy and access , Australian Government, 29 September 2023. Return to footnote 273 ↩ Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Inquiry: Final Report , Parliament of Australia website, November 2021. Return to footnote 274 ↩ Submission, SUB-D6Q8-001415. Return to footnote 275 ↩ Disability Reform Council, Statement – Meeting of Commonwealth, State and Territory Disability Ministers , Council of DSS website, 24 July 2020. Return to footnote 276 ↩ Submission, SUB-R7B2-000151. Return to footnote 277 ↩ Mackey, T., Exhibit 32-008: Statement of Tracy Mackey, Commissioner, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission , Australian Government, 3 February 2023, p. 37. Return to footnote 278 ↩ Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Volume 6: Enabling autonomy and access , Australian Government, 29 September 2023. Return to footnote 279 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Practices to be prohibited , NDIS Commission, n.d. Return to footnote 280 ↩ South Australian Government, Australian States and Territories Restrictive Practices Authorisation Frameworks – 2023 Edition , SA Government, 2023. Return to footnote 281 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Behaviour Support Plan Quality – Summary results to December 2021 , NDIS Commission, August 2022. Return to footnote 282 ↩ Submission, SUB-Z6Z5-001208. Return to footnote 283 ↩ Submissions, SUB-D9V3-001456; SUB-T2Q3-001473; SUB-Z6Z5-001208; Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission to the NDIS Review Participant Safeguarding Options Paper , Occupational Therapy Australia, June 2023; Consultation, Implementing Provider Workshop on Behaviour Supports and Restrictive Practices, 5 July 2023. Return to footnote 284 ↩ Submissions, SUB-H3V3-002241; SUB-Y5H0-001704. Return to footnote 285 ↩ Submissions, SUB-L9S7-001763; SUB-J9Q0-001115; SUB-Y1T1-001572. Return to footnote 286 ↩ Submissions, SUB-Y5H0-001704; SUB-N4N7-001192. Return to footnote 287 ↩ University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney, Research Report: Restrictive Practices: A pathway to elimination , Australian Government, July 2023; Cortis, N.Reducing restrictive practices: A review of evidence-based alternatives , Smyth, C. and Katz, I., Australian Government, August 2023; Leif, E., Subban, P., Sharma, U. and Fox, R., “ I Look at Their Rights First”: Strategies Used by Australian Behaviour Support Practitioners’ to Protect and Uphold the Rights of People with Disabilities , Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2023; Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Overview of responses to the Restrictive practices Issues paper , Australian Government, April 2021. Return to footnote 288 ↩ National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers 2022-23 Q4 , NDIA, 30 June 2023. 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Return to footnote 293 ↩ Department of Social Services, The Applied Principles and Tables of Support to Determine Responsibilities NDIS and other service , DSS website, September 2021; Department of Health and Aged Care, Summary of Consultation Findings, Consultation on Harmonisation of Care and Support Regulation – Phase 1 , Department of Health and Aged Care website, March 2022. Return to footnote 294 ↩ Submission, SUB-B8K3-001446. Return to footnote 295 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Quarterly Performance Report – April – June 2023 , NDIS Commission website , n.d. Return to footnote 296 ↩ NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, About own motion inquiries , NDIS Commission website, 13 February 2023. Return to footnote 297 ↩ Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Inquiry: Final Report , Parliament of Australia, November 2021. Return to footnote 298 ↩ Submission, SUB-W1P1-001455. 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