The Australian Government is reinforcing its commitment that the disability community will play a key role in shaping major reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Today the Government has announced the appointment of members to the NDIS Reform Advisory Committee.
Setting up the Committee delivers on a key recommendation from the Independent Review of the NDIS and will give people with a disability a key role in the complex and difficult process of reforming the NDIS to make the Scheme better and fairer.
The Committee will provide advice to the Minister for the NDIS and state and territory Disability Ministers through the Disability Reform Ministerial Council.
It will focus on the implementation of reforms and how to best engage people with disability throughout the process.
Eleven members have been appointed, reflecting the diversity of Australia's disability community, joining respected disability advocates El Gibbs and Dougie Herd who were appointed earlier this year as Co-Chairs.
NDIS Reform Advisory Committee Members
• NSW Representative - Jeramy Hope
• QLD Representative - Nigel Webb
• WA Representative - Carrie Clark
• TAS Representative - Clare Waiss
• VIC Representative - Catherine McAlpine
• ACT Representative - Renee Heaton
• SA Representative - Katharine Annear
• NT Representative - Annie Rily
• Community Representative - Kelly Treloar
• Community Representative - Elvis Martin
• Community representative - Sebastian Langdon-Macmillan
Members were selected through a public Expressions of Interest process, which ran from 24 February to 24 March 2025 and then a merit-based selection process was undertaken to ensure the Committee reflected a broad cross-section of the disability community.
The majority of Committee members are people with disability, and membership includes representation of carers, rural and remote communities, disability service providers, and Indigenous and multicultural communities.
Members will serve a two-and-a-half-year term, bringing extensive knowledge and a shared commitment to making the NDIS fairer and more focused on the needs of participants.
The Committee will meet regularly, and further updates on its work will be made public to ensure transparency and continued engagement throughout the reform journey.
