National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the Ndis for Future Generations) Bill 2026

The majority voted against an amendment introduced by Lindsay MP Melissa McIntosh (Liberal), which means it failed. This amendment would have changed the words of the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill).

Amendment text

That all words after “That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:

“whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that:

(1) in 2023, the Government announced a target growth rate for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) of 8 percent and was unable to achieve it;

(2) in January 2026, the Prime Minister announced a new target growth rate for the NDIS of 5-6 per cent, which the Government again failed to meet;

(3) in April 2026, the Health Minister announced yet another new annual target growth rate for the NDIS of 2 per cent over the next four years, despite the Government’s ongoing inability to meet any of their previously announced target growth rates;

*(4) the Government and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) have also been unable to clearly quantify or comprehensively address the scale of fraud within the NDIS; *

*(5) the NDIA Fraud Fusion Taskforce estimates that up to 10 per cent of NDIS claims are inappropriate, mischievous or outright criminal; *

(6) the Government must do more to prevent the fraud and rorting that is rife within the NDIS;

(7) the changes in the bill will do little to remove bad actors from defrauding participants and taxpayers; and

(8) robust integrity systems are critical to not only protect taxpayer funds but also to protect NDIS participants from exploitation by unscrupulous providers”.