NDIS eNewsletters
Read our NDIS eNewsletters from the past 6 months below, or sign up for our fortnightly email NDIS newsletter .
2022
- NDIS eNewsletter 12 August
- NDIS eNewsletter 28 July
- NDIS eNewsletter 14 July
- 30 June: Join the Winter Relief Workforce
- 16 June: Improving the way participants can request home and living supports
- 2 June: Plan Implementation Directory is now available
- 19 May: Improving Support Coordination for NDIS participants
- 5 May: Latest Quarterly Report released
- 21 April: New resource: Guides for understanding employment supports
- 7 April: Updated Pricing Arrangements for SDA
- 24 March: New animation: Updates to vehicle modifications and driving supports
- 10 March: New guidelines for nutrition supports including meal preparation
- 24 February: Self-management survey for participants and nominees
- 10 February: Quarterly Report released
- 27 January: Using NDIS plan funds to claim for rapid antigen tests
- 13 January: COVID-19 vaccine booster for participants
Participant First eNewsletter
The weekly Participant First eNewsletter provides feedback opportunities to improve the NDIS. To subscribe to the newsletter, visit Participant First Engagement Initiative .
2022
- 8 August 2022: NDIS Participant booklet testing – survey
- 1 August 2022: NDIA People and Culture Division – Participant Panel Member; Plan Implementation Directory update
- 25 July 2022: Update from Participant First Quarterly Survey; Information Gathering for Access and Planning (IGAP)
- 18 July 2022: Quarterly survey: Participant First Engagement Initiative; Information Gathering for Access and Planning (IGAP)
- 11 July 2022: Plan Implementation Directory opportunity; Welcome to new members of PRG; Participant First Engagement Initiative Quarterly Survey
- 4 July 2022: IGAP Consultation survey; Have your say – National Disability Advocacy Framework 2022 – 2025; Changes to NDIS Act; Participant First Engagement Initiative Quarterly Survey
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20 June 2022: Have your say on early childhood assistive technology – survey
- 30 May: Home and living supports survey; early childhood AT focus group; football coach video
- 23 May: Plan Implementation Directory launch; Improving support coordination for NDIS participants information session
- 16 May: NDIS Guide for Understanding Support focus group
- 9 May: NDIA Minor Home Modification Approach focus group; Improving Support Coordination for NDIS participants information session
- 2 May: Continence Provider List survey; Share your experience of the Disability Support Workforce survey (external)
- 25 April: Help us tell the NDIS story survey; UTS Disability Citizenship and Social Participant Monitor Co-design workshop (external)
- 11 April: Home Automation Research and Research into the role of technology in the COVID-19 vaccination response (external)
- 4 April: Update on the My NDIS Portal testing interviews
- 28 March: Digital Design, User Experience and Testing Group; Updates to vehicle modifications and driving supports
- 21 March: Digital Design, User Experience and Testing Group; Share your experience of plan managing your NDIS funds survey; Help improve the information you need to choose a support worker – NDIS skills passport interviews
- 14 March: Support for Decision Making Working Group; Co-design Working Groups for three areas: Participant Safety, Information Gathering for Access and Planning, and Home and Living Policy; NDIS Participant wellbeing research
- 7 March: Help us understand how you access and use Rapid Antigen Tests; Help us understand if it is hard for people with psychosocial disability, intellectual disability and autism to get the vaccine, boosters and RATs .
Provider eNewsletter
We publish Provider eNewsletters monthly. We also send important, timely updates via Provider newflash. Subscribe to receive the Provider eNewsletter and newsflash.
2022
- July Provider Newsletter: One-off payment information for eligible registered providers, Updates to 2022-23 pricing arrangements, Winter Relief Workforce and more.
- June Provider Newsletter: Bill Shorten named Minister for the NDIS, Early childhood assistive technology approach, Home and living survey closing soon and more
- May Provider Newsletter: Latest quarterly report released, Participant Service Improvement Plan 2022-2023, Applying to the NDIS updated guidelines and more
- April Provider Newsletter: Updates on NDIA pricing reviews, Improvements to Home and Living, COVID-19 updates, Early childhood assistive technology approach and more
- March Provider Newsletter: Flood response, COVID-19, pricing, AT, vehicles, nutrition, meals and more
- February Provider Newsletter: COVID-19, national strategy, consultation reports, half million milestone and more
2021
- December Provider Newsletter: Festive hours, support coordination, COVID-19 supports, OG updates, SDA, employment, Commission resources and more
- November Provider Newsletter : COVID-19 vaccines, SIL and SDA guidelines, AT strategy, payments, early connections, continence list, effective communication, have your say and more
Provider newsflash
2022
- 9 August: Scam email in circulation
- 9 August: COVID-19 update - Health alert and ATAGI recommendation for COVID-19 vaccine use in children
- 26 July: COVID-19 update - Updated eligibility for oral COVID-19 treatments, completion of RAT distribution and more
- 12 July: COVID-19 update - Updated eligibility for oral COVID-19 treatments, completion of RAT distribution and more
- 7 July: Automatic increase for current participant plans
- 28 June: Updates to 2022-23 pricing arrangements
- 23 June: New pricing documents now available
- 23 June: COVID-19 update - Winter relief workforce, booster payment extension for disability support workers and more
- 22 June: Pricing Changes From 1 July 2022
- 9 June: New Home And Living Supports Request Process
- 7 June: COVID-19 update - Minor COVID addendum updates, additional winter booster dose, flu vaccine fact sheet and health alert
- 24 May: COVID-19 update - Resources for NDIS participants and reporting positive cases and outbreaks in Victoria
- 10 May: COVID-19 update - Health alert and updated COVID-19 emergency preparedness guide
- 27 April: COVID-19 update - Health alert and webinar on 28 April on treatments and winter preparedness
- 20 April: COVID-19 update – Direct claiming details and temporary measures
- 21 March: Improving the myplace provider portal service booking report
- 8 March: COVID-19 and pricing update – Direct claiming and AT updates
- 4 March: From the CEO – Incredible sector response to floods in Queensland and NSW
- 3 March: COVID-19 and pricing update – RAT extension and additional meal prep flexibility
- 22 February: COVID-19 update – Expiring supports
- 15 February: COVID-19 update – direct claiming for additional SIL supports, Department of Heath alert
- 14 February: COVID-19 information session – good practice procedures in a COVID-19 positive environment
- 9 February: COVID-19 updates – RAT extension, support worker booster payment and more
- 4 February: Change to the payment run date report
- 1 February: COVID-19 information sessions and Department of Health provider alert
- 25 January: COVID-19 update – new participant RAT claiming and workforce support
- 18 January: COVID-19 update – meal prep, direct claiming and vaccination payments