Updates on the NDIS Integrity and Safeguarding Bill: What Participants Need to Know

Recent updates to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 focus on making the NDIS safer and better for people with disability. These changes are designed to protect participants and make the system clearer and more reliable. 

What’s changing and why it matters 

The new bill introduces stronger measures to protect participants and improve accountability within the NDIS. These include: 

• Criminal penalties for providers who fail to comply with a banning order 

• Criminal penalties for providers who deliver certain supports without required registration 

• Significantly higher fines for serious breaches of the NDIS Code of Conduct 

• New rules to prevent misleading or harmful promotion of NDIS services 

• Expanded powers for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 

• Better protections for people who report concerns 

• Tighter monitoring, including mandatory electronic claims and evidence checks 

These changes are aimed at reducing misconduct and making sure providers deliver supports in a safe, fair, and appropriate way. For participants, this means stronger safeguards and clearer expectations across the system. 

What this means for you 

These updates are in place to help you feel more confident about the supports you receive. 

You should expect: 

• Services that are safe and suited to your needs and goals 

• Clear and honest information about pricing and what is included 

• Providers who are properly qualified and authorised to deliver supports 

• Communication that is respectful, accurate, and not misleading 

The changes also aim to reduce what are known as “sharp practices.” This includes things like being pressured into services, receiving more supports than you need, or being offered incentives that may influence your choices in ways that are not in your best interests. 

Building a safer and more trustworthy NDIS 

The NDIS is built on trust. These updates are part of ongoing efforts to protect participants and ensure the NDIS is used responsibly. 

While most providers already do the right thing, these stronger rules help set a consistent standard across the sector. This also gives regulators more power to step in when something is not right. 

Overall, these changes are designed to support better outcomes for people with disability by making the NDIS safer, clearer, and more accountable. 

For more information, read the full media release on Senate passes tough new laws to protect the NDIS from fraudsters, predators and shonks.