Starting from 1 October, some NDIS support budgets will be reduced over the coming 12 months.
This change is part of the new NDIS laws. It will reduce participant budgets for two support categories:
- Social Economic and Community Participation
- Improved Daily Living Skills.
The budget reductions will be applied as plans are created or reassessed from 1 October 2026 or renewed from 1 February 2027.
The impacts of this change will be different for every participant because every NDIS plan is based on individual goals, circumstances and support needs.
Some groups of supports in these categories won't be affected. This includes supports in employment, disability-related health supports, high intensity supports, and intensive and complex behaviour supports.
Participant safety and wellbeing are our priority so other parts of participant plans will not be affected by these changes.
Some of the other supports that won’t be affected include essential day-to-day supports like help with eating, drinking, dressing, toileting, laundry, cleaning, nurse care, medication, home and vehicle modifications, personal mobility equipment or specialist disability accommodation.
We’ll publish a full list of supports that won’t be affected by this change shortly.
This change isn’t a reviewable decision but participants can still request plan changes, including a plan reassessment or plan variation if their circumstances change.
We may consider a plan reassessment if there has been a significant and ongoing change in your:
- ability to complete daily activities
- living arrangements
- education or employment circumstances
- available informal supports.
We will introduce a new plan variation pathway for high support needs participants who require 24-hour disability support. We’ll share more information about this soon.