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Meeting summary for Children’s Pathway Parent and Carer Engagement Group – Meeting #7

Tuesday 19 August 2025, 11:00am-3:30pm (AEST)

Topic 1: Co-design updates Update on co-design working groups and engagement panels.

This is a summary of the Participant Reference Group’s (PRG) meeting. The PRG consists of 22 participant and carer representatives across Australia. The PRG is a key platform to make sure the participant voice is heard and understood by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). Feedback from meetings is used to inform strategy, policy development, system and service delivery development and review, to support continuous improvement.

Reforms led by the Minister for the NDIS are contributing to Scheme expenditure being $1 billion lower than forecast in the 2024-25 Budget. The reforms are expected to stabilise the growth in Scheme expenses over the next 4 years.

Three people have been jailed in New South Wales for their roles in a multimillion-dollar defrauding of the NDIS, in a week NDIS Minister, the Hon. Bill Shorten MP announced further measures to crackdown on rorts. The sentencing is the result of an investigation into several suspected fraudulent providers in western Sydney. The investigation, led by the Australian Federal Police in partnership with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), AUSTRAC and Services Australia, uncovered more than $5.8 million in fraud during the thorough investigation. Two other men were sentenced to imprisonment in 2022 as part of the investigation.

Key Themes and Insights Agenda item 1: DRCO 2024 workplan discussion Key Themes: DRCO 2024 workplan; DRCO Forum working group updates. Key Insights: The Membership working group developed and shared a process for DRCOs to raise issues for consideration at the Forum. The Accessible Communications working group is working with the NDIA on a pilot project for developing accessible communications for people with intellectual disability. The pilot will provide a model for the Agency to develop accessible communications for other disability communities. The Employment working group has held its first meeting. It identified focus areas of: customised employment work experience...