There’s more information about our priorities, findings and plans for the year ahead in the articles below. Thanks for reading!

- Tracy Mackey

Provider spotlight

A shout-out to Griffith Post School Options for their management of a data security breach impacting participants. You can read about what they did well in the Provider Spotlight on our website.

Activities

• Tracy has met with providers in Cairns (QLD) and Bunbury (WA), and Launceston (Tasmania). Keep an eye out for details on Facebook and LinkedIn for upcoming events in your State/Territory.
   

• We suspended three Sydney providers and banned three individuals, in co-operation with the Fraud Fusion Taskforce. Read the media statement. Part 2 of the NDIS Provider Register provides a full list of the compliance and enforcement actions we've undertaken.

• The NDIS Commissioner will issue requests for information to SDA providers, using powers under section 73F(2)(i) of the NDIS Act, as part of a compliance action.

Resources

• Our latest activity report is on our website. 

• The final report into the NDIS Commission’s Own Motion Inquiry into Aspects of Supported Accommodation is now available.

COVID-19

• The Department of Health has issued its next COVID-19 vaccination – Disability provider alert (dated 28 February 2023).
   
• A 2023 booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is now available. Read more in the ATAGI 2023 COVID-19 Booster Advice.

Your say

• We've launched an Own Motion Inquiry into Platform Providers Operating in the NDIS Market and want to hear from you.

News in brief

• Inclusion Australia, funded by the NDIS Commission grants program, is hosting our Service, Your Rights workshops throughout Australia. Visit the ‘Your Service, Your Rights’ project for more information.

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