Compliance and enforcement actions

n 12 May 2025, a permanent banning order was made under section 73ZN(1)(b)(i) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. 

The banning order permanently prohibits and restricts Independent Lifestyles Riverina Pty Ltd 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 of, and as, a NDIS provider; 

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

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

4. Engaging in activities that would be undertaken by an auditor for a NDIS provider, to the extent that those activities relate to NDIS supports or services; and/or 

5. Engaging in activities in a non-service and non-support delivery role for a 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 will be effective from 5pm AEST on 26 May 2025, across all States and Territories of Australia.