National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024

The majority voted against amendments circulated by the Jacqui Lambie Network, which means they will not be included in the bill.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 1, item 13, page 5 (after line 27), after the definition of total funding amount, insert:

veteran has the same meaning as in the Australian Veterans' Recognition (Putting Veterans and Their Families First) Act 2019.

(2) Schedule 1, page 55 (after line 12), after item 105, insert:

105C At the end of section 127

Add:

Appointment of Board members other than Chair — veterans that have lived experience with disability

(8) In appointing Board members other than the Chair, the Minister must also ensure that at least one Board member other than the Chair is a veteran that has lived experience with disability (whether or not the Chair is a veteran that has lived experience with disability).

105D After subsection 129(5) (before the note)

Insert:

(7) In appointing a person under subsection (2) to act as a Board member other than the Chair, the Minister must ensure that at least one Board member other than the Chair is a veteran that has lived experience with disability (whether or not the Chair is a veteran that has lived experience with disability).

(3) Schedule 1, page 63 (after line 27), after item 137, insert:

137B Appointment of veterans that have lived experience with disability to the Board of the Agency

(1) Subsection 127(8) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, as in force on and after the commencement of this Schedule, applies in relation to an appointment made under subsection 127(1) of that Act on or after that commencement.

(2) Subsection 129(7) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, as in force on and after the commencement of this Schedule, applies in relation to an appointment made under subsection 129(2) of that Act on or after that commencement.