At yesterday's #NDISLink Conference in Perth, MGA's David Moody put a confronting question to a room full of NDIS CEOs, CFOs and directors: "Could we defend our revenue under audit tomorrow?" For most providers, the honest answer is "not fully"; and the reason usually...
On 16 July, I will be speaking at the NDISLink Conference in Perth on NDIS integrity, compliance and fraud risk management. See the attached link if you wish to attend: https://www.ndislinkevents.com/perthfinanceandcompliance2026 The title of my session is...
Recent reporting on the proposed Nioka Solar and Battery Project at Glenrowan West has raised an important issue for regional Australia: how we talk about renewable energy on agricultural land. The project has been proposed by local sheep farmers Rosie and Jonathan...
If you're an NDIS provider, your risk profile has changed. Federal Parliament has passed the NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 into law, giving the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission stronger enforcement powers, much higher penalties and new...
An MGA Group governance lens on inclusive education risk Inclusive education remains a lived challenge for many families (I know it was for mine and I thought I’d be able to deal better with it than I did!). While policy settings continue to emphasise inclusion, the...
At last week’s @Brooker Consulting Disability Leaders Breakfast, it didn’t take long for the room to pivot, almost instinctively, to AI. What began as a discussion about sector reform and workforce pressures quickly became a fascinating and thought-provoking...
With the New Framework Planning and Support Needs Assessments set to begin in mid-2026, providers and boards have a narrowing window to prepare for the most significant shift in NDIS planning since the Scheme began. The Federal Government has deliberately slowed the...
Google’s upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think marks a genuine shift in AI capability. It scores 84.6% on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark—a test of abstract reasoning where humans average ~60%, signalling a step change from pattern matching to genuine reasoning.[1] The real‑world...
The NDIS reform agenda, which has been underway for more than a decade (ah, how time flies ...), is shifting and will continue to shift providers toward genuine operating model change. Given the implications, Boards should treat it as a shift in controls, evidence...
This week, the Federal Government introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025. This legislation is intended to be a major step in strengthening compliance, improving participant safety and safeguarding the...