Fines for NDIS Providers Who Fail in Their Duties and for Giving False Information to the Commission
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026
Senate
House of Representatives
Assent
Topics
consumer protection criminal penalties data privacy disability services disability support government accountability healthcare NDIS public health
Introduced by: Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Wendy Askew LIB
“I rise today in support of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025. At the outset, I reaffirm the coalition’s enduring and unequivocal support for the NDIS.”
Melissa McIntosh LIB
“Every day, thousands of Australian families rely on the NDIS. For Australians living with significant and permanent disability, it provides not just support but opportunity. It is a therapy session that can change a child’s trajectory. It is a support that keeps a loved one safe at home. It is the difference between coping and not. For these families, the NDIS is not a line item in a budget.”
Rowan Holzberger ALP
“I rise in support of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026. In doing so, I acknowledge the contribution of the member for Lindsay in speaking for the opposition. I do appreciate the depth of support that you expressed in your speech for the NDIS and your desire for it to be sustainable. I want to acknowledge that.”
Dr RYAN
“The NDIS, National Disability Insurance Scheme, is one of Australia’s most significant social reforms.”
Henry Pike LNP
“In the very few minutes that I’ve got before we proceed to adjournment tonight, I’ll begin some comments regarding this bill, but I’ll conclude those tomorrow morning. Obviously, the coalition will be supporting the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026. We’ve proposed an amendment, moved by my colleague the member for Lindsay earlier this evening.”
“The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a vital part of Australia’s social support system. It provides Australians with permanent disability with the supports they need in order to live a fulfilling life. The NDIS was something that had been campaigned about for years by people with disability, their carers, families and the sector.”
Anne Webster NAT
“The Albanese Labor government was elected with the Prime Minister repeating his mantra: ’Nobody held back. Nobody left behind’. Yet here we are, being left behind in regional Australia. Labor’s promise is ringing increasingly hollow. Nowhere is Labor’s scorched earth approach to regional Australia more evident than in their administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, very sadly.”
Madonna Jarrett ALP
“I rise in support of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026. I joined the Labor Party at the age of 15 because I grew up around people whose lives were pretty difficult or who ended up in very difficult situations, including with a disability, through no fault of their own.”
Leon Rebello LNP
“The coalition will be supporting the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026. We are supporters of the NDIS.”
Carol Berry ALP
“I rise to speak on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026 as someone who worked alongside people with disability in various roles for over 15 years before I became a member of parliament. I’m therefore particularly passionate about upholding and promoting the rights and interests of people with disability.”
Alison Penfold NAT
“I rise to speak on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025. The NDIS is one of the most significant social reforms in our nation’s history. It represents a solemn promise—that Australians living with disability will be supported with dignity, care and opportunity.”
Gabriel Ng ALP
“I rise to speak on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026. The National Disability Insurance Scheme is one of the most significant social reforms in Australia’s history, and it is reform grounded in Australian values of dignity and fairness.”
Libby Coker ALP
“The National Disability Insurance Scheme is one of the most important social reforms in Australia’s history. It was built on the simple but powerful idea that people with disability deserve dignity, choice and control. But that promise only holds if the scheme is protected. That’s what this bill is all about.”
“I’m proud to rise in support of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025. Former prime minister Julia Gillard put it best when her Labor government established the NDIS in 2013: Disability can affect any of us and therefore it affects all of us. The risk of disability is universal, so our response is universal.”