Reasonable and Necessary

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The Summer Foundation podcast series aims to simplify the NDIS for participants, their families and anyone supporting NDIS participants to work their way through the system. RSSVERIFY
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Inside the Biggest Changes to Our NDIS
Sunday, 12 April, 2026

What's happening behind the scenes of the biggest changes to our NDIS? In this episode of Reasonable & Necessary, Dr George Taleporos speaks with El Gibbs and Dougie Herd, Co-Chairs of the NDIS Reform Advisory Council, about the biggest changes to our NDIS and what they could mean for participants, families and the future of choice and control. Together, they unpack some of the biggest issues facing the disability community right now. This is an important conversation about what is at stake, why these changes matter, and why people with disability must be at the centre of decisions about the future of our NDIS. Chapters 00:00 Opening 01:11 Introduction, Dr George Taleporos welcomes El Gibbs and Dougie Herd 01:45 What the NDIS Reform Advisory Council does and why it matters 04:34 Support Needs Assessments, key concerns and why the community is worried 09:08 How assessments could shape budgets and planning 13:10 Budget calculators, transparency and the risk of unfair cuts 17:57 Appeals, review rights and the fear of a closed loop 25:45 Group homes, individualised living and real choice about where people live 33:54 Restrictive support lists, funding periods and choice and control 38:44 Final reflections and words to the disability community