Industry Insights
What NDIS operators need to know: reform updates, entry & compliance, the client journey, and courses
Verification or certification audit? Check by NDIS registration group
Your registration groups decide your audit. If even one group needs a certification audit, the whole application does. On the NDIS Commission register, about 73% of registered providers hold at least one certification group.
ReadHow to register as an NDIS provider in 2026: the steps
Get your ABN, key personnel and worker screening ready, apply in the new NDIS Commission Portal, engage an approved quality auditor, then wait for the Commission's suitability assessment and decision. Applications must be completed within 60 days of starting.
ReadFrom 27 November 2026, paying for referrals is banned
The ban on providers offering kickbacks and inducements starts on 27 November 2026. Any arrangement where you give money, gifts or other benefits in exchange for clients needs to stop before then.
ReadSupported independent living now needs registration — what that means
Since 1 July 2026, providers delivering supported independent living (SIL) must be registered with the NDIS Commission under a new registration group, 0138. Providers who had not applied by 1 October 2026 must stop delivering SIL.
ReadRe-registering: the 6-month window and the date you must not miss
You can start re-registration any time in the 6 months before your registration expires. Start before the expiry date and your current registration stays valid until the Commission decides. Start after it and your registration has lapsed.
ReadNDIS reform dates 2026–2028: what changes for providers, and when
The government's reform timeline, sorted for people who run an NDIS business: record-keeping, pricing, budgets, the kickback ban, plan rollovers, new planning, expanded registration, and new plan management and support coordination arrangements.
ReadNDIS prices for 2026–27: the Minister now sets them
The Minister for Disability and the NDIS made the first pricing determination for 2026–27. The new pricing schedules took effect on 24 September 2026.
ReadCommunity participation budgets are being reset from 1 October 2026
Participant budgets for social, civic and community participation and capacity-building daily activities are being progressively reset as plans are reassessed or renewed, starting 1 October 2026.
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