MIFA responds to passage of NDIS Amendment Bill

The NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 has passed the Senate, following months of scrutiny, submissions and evidence from the disability and mental health sectors.

MIFA opposed the Bill in its current form throughout the Senate Inquiry, raising concerns about what the proposed changes could mean for people living with psychosocial disability.

While 63 amendments were made as the Bill passed through Parliament, MIFA says the key concerns for the psychosocial disability community remain unresolved.

These include cuts to social and community participation supports, the development of a new permanence test, and the lack of certainty that alternative community-based services will be available and adequately funded for people who may no longer be supported through the NDIS.

By 2031, an estimated 240,000 people are expected to have moved off the NDIS. This comes at a time when significant gaps in psychosocial support already exist outside the scheme, particularly in regional and remote communities.

MIFA is calling for greater transparency about the impact of the changes, genuine involvement of people with lived experience in developing the new permanence test, and evidence that replacement services are funded, staffed and available in communities before people lose NDIS support.

MIFA will also continue advocating for Foundational Supports that match the scale of need and for psychosocial supports to be protected and properly funded through the next National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement.

Read MIFA’s full statement below.