The NDIA is failing some of Australia’s most vulnerable people.

The Australian Physiotherapy Association, Dietitians Australia, Australian Podiatry Association, Australian Psychological Society, Australian Association of Social Workers and Behaviour Supports Practitioners Australia, among many other peak industry bodies and professionals, are calling on the federal government to review the NDIS pricing recommendations, which threaten essential supports and choice for people with disability. 

From 1 July 2025, the NDIS intends to either cut or maintain price limits for many allied health services, support coordination, and other necessary NDIS providers including funding for travel, despite inflation.

This will make it financially unsustainable for many NDIS providers to deliver the complex, high-quality support participants need, especially in already underserved communities. 

This decision follows a five-year freeze felt across the industry which, paired with increased operating costs, has already stretched NDIS providers to breaking point.

The price placed on support is shrinking, and it’s making it harder to put the person first.

We call on the NDIA to act immediately on these critical issues to protect participant access and the viability of therapy and services under the scheme:

Abolish the price reduction and index prices to CPI: Price guides in the NDIS have not changed since 2019 for services, despite rising operational costs, and campaigning from people across the sector.

This further decrease critically devalues vital support and disrespects the essential and life-changing support that allied health practitioners provide to participants within the NDIS. We call unequivocally for this decrease to be abolished and for the NDIA to index appropriately with CPI.

Restore travel funding: Halving travel budgets will stop support in homes, schools, and communities already underserved and in desperate need. The NDIA must reinstate full funding.

Support rural and regional community needs: The NDIA intends to eliminate the higher price loadings previously applied in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. 

This change will result in a net reduction of up to $40.06 per hour in those regions, critically impacting the availability of therapy and services in communities in very real need of sustainable support.

Remedy gender-based undervaluation: The Fair Work Commission has rightly identified that many allied health professions have long been devalued as female-dominant professions and has recommended substantial pay rises across the board. 

The NDIA has a responsibility, and a moral obligation, to ensure it works to support, not obstruct, people with disability.

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