The Federal Government has released its Disability Reform Roadmap for 2024 and 2025.
Developed in partnership with states and territories, the Roadmap outlines the government’s initial plans for reforms to the NDIS and the broader disability ecosystem.
It includes key actions all governments are taking right now to:
- plan and implement reforms arising from the response to the Disability Royal Commission;
- prepare for and implement a response to the NDIS Review;
- progress legislative and other changes to the NDIS to improve the experience of participants and restore the original intent of the Scheme;
- design additional Foundational Supports to support people with disability outside of the NDIS;
- review and improve Australia’s Disability Strategy.
Minister for the NDIS, Bill Shorten, said the Roadmap reflected the shared commitment of Commonwealth, state and territory governments to communicate clearly with the community about the reforms underway.
“Governments are driving a significant set of reforms across the disability ecosystem to ensure that people with disability can access the supports and services they need to thrive,” he said.
“The Roadmap helps show how these different reforms fit together and, importantly, how people can get involved.”
Communication and co-design on the Roadmap
Shorten said co-design is an important part of the reforms.
“We know that for Australians with disability and those that care for them, this has been a time of great promise and change – and also one of uncertainty.
“The Roadmap reflects our commitment to ensuring that we continue to work with the disability community, and the broader Australian public, as we rollout these much needed reforms to the disability support landscape.”
The Roadmap is one of the tools the government will use to communicate with the disability community about the reforms. It will be updated as more information on the reforms becomes available and in accordance with key actions and timing following meetings of the Disability Reform Ministerial Council.
You can read the Disability Reform Roadmap on the website, or find an Easy Read version of the Disability Reform Roadmap online.