Compliance and enforcement actions

On 20 March 2025, a banning order was made under sections 73ZN(2)(a)(i-iv) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 permanently prohibiting Richard John Kennedy from engaging in the provision or management of NDIS supports, services or funding to people with disability in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), including but not limited to:

1. engaging in activities that a member of the key personnel of an NDIS provider would undertake, to the extent that those activities relate to NDIS supports or services;

2. engaging in activities that would be undertaken by a consultant for an NDIS provider, to the extent that those activities relate to NDIS supports or services;

3. engaging in activities that would be undertaken by an auditor for an NDIS provider, to the extent that those activities relate to NDIS supports or services;

4. engaging in activities in a non-service and non-support delivery role for an NDIS provider, to the extent that those activities have a direct effect on the provision of NDIS funded supports or services to people with disability in the NDIS.

The banning order is permanent, effective from 5:00pm AEST on 21 March 2025, across all States and Territories of Australia.