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The COAG Disability Reform Council met by telepresence on 9 April 2020. The focus of the meeting was on the national response to the coronavirus pandemic, in particular the effects of the response on people with disability.

Over Easter there are changes to payment runs for NDIS participants and providers.

As part of the NDIA’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, NDIS participants and providers can now connect with matching platforms through the NDIS website – to quickly and easily find the support workers they need.

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting NDIS participants during this time, the NDIA has worked with supermarket retailers to make sure NDIS participants wanting support to grocery shop, have priority access to home delivery services.

A new service to be launched tomorrow will see NDIS participants receive priority home delivery during the coronavirus pandemic from some of the country’s biggest supermarkets.

The Government is committed to ensuring the well-being of Australians with disability are considered as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds. As such, an advisory group has been established by the Federal Government to guide development and implementation of a response plan focusing on the unique health needs of people with disability during the coronavirus pandemic.