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The Guardian - AU
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Kate Lyons

Most NDIS participants will lose external avenue to appeal funding amounts under new system, Senate estimates told

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Greens senator Jordon Steele-John at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John says changes to the NDIS that would in most cases prevent participants lodging external appeals about funding amounts are ‘significant’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Participants in the national disability insurance scheme will in most cases no longer be able to appeal against their total amount of funding support to any external review body, executives have confirmed.

The minister for disability and the NDIS, Jenny McAllister, and National Disability Insurance Agency bosses were peppered with questions at Senate estimates on Thursday about changes to the way NDIS support plans will be generated under a new planning model coming into effect from mid-2026.

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