NDIS Commission refreshes Sector Consultation Forum to strengthen regulatory oversight
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) has refreshed its Sector Consultation Forum to strengthen engagement on how the Commission regulates NDIS supports and services.
The Forum provides advice to the Commission’s leadership on a range of matters. This includes practical insight from across the disability sector about how NDIS services are delivered and helps inform decisions to improve quality, safeguard participants and support compliance.
Established under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, the Forum assists the Commission to understand what is working well, where risks are emerging, and how regulatory requirements operate in practice.
The Sector Consultation Forum operates alongside the Commission’s Advisory Council, which provides strategic advice grounded in the lived experience of people with disability. While the Advisory Council amplifies the voices of people with disability, the Sector Consultation Forum provides system‑wide insight from organisations involved in delivering and supporting NDIS services. Together, the two forums support the regulatory work of the Commission.
The Forum includes up to 20 members, appointed for terms of up to 24 months, representing a diverse range of experience across the disability sector, including perspectives from regional, rural and remote communities.
The refreshed Forum reflects the Commission’s ongoing commitment to working with the sector to support the delivery of safe, high-quality NDIS supports and services.
Sector Consultation Forum members
The Sector Consultation Forum brings together respected leaders from across the disability sector, including:
- Mustafa Al Rashid, Kanda
- Rachael Bowker, Darwin Community Legal Service Inc
- Emily Caska, Playgroup NSW
- Donna Crompton, St Giles Society
- Paula Davies, Integrity Matters
- Christine Hannan, Australian Association of Social Workers
- Gail Hilton, Childhood Dementia Initiative
- Sara Martins, Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
- Angus McFarland, Australian Services Union
- Sarah Nicoll, National Disability Services
- Michelle Oliver, Occupational Therapy Australia
- Elizabeth Reid AM, Integrated Disability Action
- Andrew Rowley, Ability First Australia
- Garry Simpson, Ability Roundtable
- Dr George Taleporos, Self Manager Hub
- Tanya Walford, Disability Intermediaries Australia
- Samuel Warren, Allora Options
- Grant Williams, GNA Services
- Peter Willis, Hireup
- Annabel Yagos, Leading Lights Early Intervention
Member listing and more information about the consultative forums are available on the NDIS Commission website: NDIS Commission | Consultative Forums 2026 - 2028
Quotes attributable to NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Louise Glanville:
“The Sector Consultation Forum provides a strong contribution to the way the Commission carries out its role as the national regulator of NDIS supports and services.
By drawing on sector wide regulatory and operational insights, the Forum contributes to the NDIS Commission’s regulatory work being informed, proportionate and focused on improving quality and safeguarding outcomes for people with disability.”
Quotes attributable to NDIS Quality and Safeguards Associate Commissioner Natalie Wade:
“The Sector Consultation Forum provides valuable insight into how regulatory settings operate in practice and where regulatory guidance, oversight or reform can better support safe, high quality services.
The Forum complements the Advisory Council by contributing an operational and systems perspective, enabling the Commission to make well informed regulatory decisions that uphold participant safety, rights and wellbeing.”
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