Chapter 1
[1]
       House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 3, 1
September 2016, pp. 78–80.
Chapter 2 - ECEI Approach
[1]          NDIA, Submission
42, pp. 1–2.
[2]
       NDIA, NDIS in NSW, https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/our-sites/NSW.html 
(accessed 
18 October 2017) and NDIS Early Childhood Early Intervention
Approach, 29 February 2016, p. 3.
[3]
       NDIA, Submission
42, p. 4.
[4]        NDIA, Annual
Report 2015–16, 28 October 2016, p. 17.
[5]
       NDIA,
Submission 42, p. 4.
[6]
       NDIA, NDIS in NSW, https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/our-sites/NSW.html 
and NDIS
Early
Childhood Early Intervention Approach, 29 February 2016, p.
3.
[7]        Productivity
Commission, NDIS Costs Position Paper, June 2017, p. 22.
[8]
       NDIS, Summary of key dates, https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/governance/council-australian-governments.html 
(accessed 18 October 2017).
[9]
       COAG, Principles to Determine the Responsibilities of the NDIS
and Other Service Systems, 27 November 2015.
[10]
     NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Statement of Requirements October
2017, p. 7.
[11]
     NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Statement of Requirements October
2017, p. 27.
[12]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[13]
     NDIS, PITC Program Round One Program Guidelines, August 2016, pp. 9
and 15.     
[14]
     GrantConnect, PITC Program Round Two, https://www.grants.gov.au/?event=public.GO.show&GOUUID=F428FA14-C1B3-09DA-018CDE70EF801811
(accessed 7 November). 
[15]
     GrantConnect, PITC Program Round Two, https://www.grants.gov.au/?event=public.GO.show&GOUUID=6ED25D96-BC23-8CE7-A2BE951EF522FE56 
(accessed 7 November).
[16]
     NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Grant Round Summary, October 2017,
pp. 9 and 15.
[17]
     GrantConnect, PITC Program Round Three, https://www.grants.gov.au/?event=public.GO.show&GOUUID=6ED25D96-BC23-8CE7-A2BE951EF522FE56
(accessed 7 November).
[18]
     Ms Stephanie Gunn, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NDIA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 8 November 2017, p. 7.
[19]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017).
[20]      NDIA, Annual
Report 2015–16, 28 October 2016, p. 17.
[21]      NDIA,
Submission 42, p. 7.
[22]      NDIA, Submission
42,
p. 7.
[23]
     NDIS, NDIS in South Australia, https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/our-sites/SA.html,
(accessed 18 October 2017). 
[24]
     NDIS, Quarterly Report, 30 September 2017, p. 3. 
[25]
     NDIA, Submission
42, p.
1.
[26]
     National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, s. 9.
[27]      National
Disability Services, Submission 14, p. 3.
[28]
     For example: Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 3; Can:Do Group, Submission
34, p. 3; JFA Purple Orange, Submission 63, pp. 6–7.
[29]
     Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 3. 
[30]
     KU Children's Services, Submission 37, p. 3.
[31]
     For example: Can:Do Group, Submission 34, p. 3; JFA Purple Orange, Submission
63, pp. 6–7.
[32]
     Ms Stephanie Gunn, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NDIA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 8 November 2017, p. 10. 
[33]
     For example: Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 3; Victorian
Government, Submission 71, p . 9.
[34]
     Trish Hanna, President, ECIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 October
2017, p. 16.
[35]
     ECIA Victoria/Tasmania, Submission 7, p. 4. 
[36]
     Mr Robbi Williams, Chief Executive Officer, JFA Purple Orange, Proof
Committee Hansard: Transitional arrangements for the NDIS, 27 September
2017, p. 10.
[37]
     Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 9.
[38]
     NDIA, Submission
42, p. 8.
[39]
     NDIA, Submission
42, p. 8.
[40]
     For example: National Disability Services, Submission 14, pp. 4–5;
Vision Australia, Submission 22, p. 2. Speech Pathology Australia, Submission
33, p. 23; KU Children's Services, Submission 37, p. 3; Occupational
Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 14.
[41]
     Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 3 and 5.
[42]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, p. 23; KU Children's
Services, Submission 37, p. 3.
[43]
     Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 14.
[44]
     ECIA NSW/ACT, Open Letter to the NDIA, https://www.ecia-nsw.org.au/associationnews/statement-regarding-partners-in-communities-ecei-tender-nsw
(accessed 7 November 2017).
[45]
     For example: Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, pp. 2
and 3; Vision Australia, Submission 22, pp. 2 and 3.
[46]
     NDIA, Submission 42, p. 13. 
[47]
     NDIA, Submission 42, p. 13.
[48]
     ASPECT, Submission 11, p. 3. 
[49]
     ASPECT, Submission 11, p. 1.
[50]
     NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Statement of Requirements, October
2017, p. 45.
[51]
     NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Statement of Requirements, October
2017, p. 45.
[52]
     NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Statement of Requirements, October
2017, p. 77.
[53]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, pp. 9–10.
[54]
     Productivity Commission, NDIS Costs, Study Report, October 2017, p.
168. 
[55]
     Ms Stephanie Gunn, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NDIA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 8 November 2017, p. 8.
[56]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 20 October 2017 (received 17
November 2017). 
[57]
     For example: Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, pp. 13–15;
Making Connections Together, Submission 46, p. 1; Children and Young
People with Disability Australia, Submission 74, p. 5; Queensland Government,
Submission 75, p. 4.
[58]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, pp. 13 and 16.
[59]
     Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 4. 
[60]
     Autism Spectrum Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.
[61]
     ACT Government, Submission 66, pp. 5–6. 
[62]
     Autism Spectrum Australia, Submission 11, p. 2. 
[63]
     Mr Peter de Natris, Special Adviser, Early Childhood Early Intervention,
NDIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 November 2017, pp. 3–4.
[64]
     For example: ECIA National, Submission 10, p. 3; Autism Spectrum
Australia, Submission 11, p. 2; Firstchance Inc, Early Links Inclusion
Support, Hunter Prelude, RIDBC, Submission 25, 
p. 2; Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, p. 15; Children and
Young People with Disability Australia, Submission 74, p. 9.
[65]
     ACT Government, Submission 66, pp. 5–6. 
[66]
     Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 4. 
[67]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, p. 14.
[68]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, p. 14.
[69]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[70]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[71]
     Children and Young
People with Disability Australia, Submission 74, p. 9.
[72]
     For example: Royal Children's Hospital, Submission 20, p. 2;
Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine, Submission 26,
p. 5; Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 68, p. 7.
[73]
     For example: National Disability Services, Submission 14, p. 2; and
Lifestart Co-operative Ltd, Submission 51, p. 9.
[74]
     Lifestart Co-operative Ltd, Submission 51, p. 9.
[75]
     Firstchance Inc, Early Links Inclusion Support, Hunter Prelude, RIDBC, Submission
25, p. 2. 
[76]
     ANAO, Decision-making Controls for Sustainability—NDIS Access, Audit
Report No. 13 of 2017–18, 19 October 2017, https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/decision-making-controls-sustainability-ndis
(accessed 21 November 2017).
[77]
     ANAO, Decision-making Controls for Sustainability—NNDIS Access, Audit
Report No. 13 of 2017–18, 19 October 2017, https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/decision-making-controls-sustainability-ndis
(accessed 21 November 2017).
[78]
     ANAO, Decision-making Controls for Sustainability—NNDIS Access, Audit
Report No. 13 of 2017–18, 19 October 2017, https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/decision-making-controls-sustainability-ndis
(accessed 21 November 2017).
[79]
     For example: Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine, Submission
26, p. 7; and Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 68, p. 3.
[80]
     Productivity
Commission, NDIS Costs Position Paper, June 2017, pp. 22–23.
[81]
     Productivity Commission, NDIS Costs, Study Report, October 2017, p.
169. 
[82]
     Noah's Ark, Submission 59, p. 9.
[83]
     Productivity Commission, NDIS Costs, Study Report, October 2017,
pp. 168–169. 
[84]
     For example: Noah's Ark, Submission 59, p. 9; Children and Young
People with Disability Australia, Submission 74, p. 5.
[85]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[86]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[87]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[88]
     Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, Submission 40, p. 9.
[89]
     Royal Children's Hospital, Submission 20, p. 8.
[90]
     For example: Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, p. 13; Victorian
Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43, p. 11;
Noah's Ark, Submission 59, p. 10. Occupational Therapy Australia,
Submission 62, p. 22; and Mr Scott Jacobs, National Disability Insurance
Scheme Lead, Vision Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 September
2017, p. 5.
[91]
     Noah's Ark, Submission 59, p. 10.
[92]
     For example: National Disability Services, Submission 14, p. 3; AMAZE,
Submission 23, p. 12; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, Submission
40, p. 9; ECIA NSW/ACT, Submission 58, p. 4; Children and Young
People with Disability Australia, Submission 74, p. 7. 
[93]
     NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Statement of Requirements, October
2017, p. 30.
[94]
     For example: Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 5; ECIA NSW/ACT, Submission
58, p. 9; Noah's Ark, Submission 59, p. 10.
[95]
     Noah's Ark, Submission 59, p. 10.
[96]
     Dr Jim Hungerford, Chief Executive Officer, The Shepherd Centre, Proof
Committee Hansard, 27 September 2017, p. 12.
[97]
     Dr Jim Hungerford, Chief Executive Officer, The Shepherd Centre, Proof
Committee Hansard, 27 September 2017, p. 12.
[98]
     For example: ASPECT, Submission 11, p. 2; SDN Children's
Services, Submission 35, p. 5; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind
Children, Submission 40, p. 9; Lifestart Co-operative Ltd, Submission
51, p. 8. 
[99]
     For example: ASPECT, Submission 11, p. 2; SDN Children's
Services, Submission 35, p. 5; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind
Children, Submission 40, p. 9; Lifestart Co-operative Ltd, Submission
51, p. 8. 
[100]    Victorian Autism Specific
Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43, p. 5.
[101]    ASPECT, Submission 11,
p. 2.
[102]
   Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 5.
[103]    For example: AMAZE, Submission
23, p. 12; Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre,
Submission 43, p. 5.
[104]    Victorian Autism Specific
Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43, p. 5.
[105]
   AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 12.
[106]
   AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 12.
[107]    Autism CRC, Submission
38, p. 6.
[108]    Autism CRC, Submission
38, p. 6.
[109]    Autism CRC, National
guideline now open for community consultation, https://www.autismcrc.com.au/get-involved/participate-study/national-guideline-now-open-community-consultation
(accessed 18 October 2017). 
[110]    Autism CRC, Submission
38, p. 4.
[111]    For example: Australian
Association of Developmental Disability Medicine, Submission 26, p. 6; ECIA NSW/ACT, Submission 58, p. 10; JFA Purple Orange, Submission
63, p. 9; Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 68,
p. 3. 
[112]    For example: ASPECT, Submission
11, p. 2; Firstchance Inc, Early Links Inclusion Support, Hunter Prelude,
RIDBC, Submission 25, p. 6; SDN Children's Services, Submission 35,
p. 6. 
[113]
   ECIA NSW/ACT, Submission 58, p. 10. 
[114]    Ms Stephanie Gunn, Acting
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NDIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8
November 2017, p. 2. 
[115]    Mrs Christine McClelland,
Director, ECEI National Office Team, NDIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8
November 2017, p. 9.
[116]    NDIA, answers to questions
on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24 November 2017). 
[117]    NDIA, Submission 161
to the Productivity Commission Study into NDIS Costs, pp. 10–11.
Chapter 3 - Provision of services
[1]
       NDIS PITC Program Round Three, Statement of Requirements, p. 25.
[2]
       Carers NSW, Submission 12, p. 2.
[3]
       Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 6. 
[4]
       Name Withheld, Submission 6, p. 1.
[5]
       Family Advocacy, Submission 61, p. 2.
[6]
       Family Advocacy, Submission 61, pp. 1–2.
[7]
       KU Children's Services, Submission 37, p. 4.
[8]
       NDIA, Submission 42, p. 11. 
[9]
       KU Children's Services, Submission 37, p. 4.
[10]      For example: Carers
Australia, Submission 28, p. 3; SDN Children's Services, Submission
35, p. 3; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, Submission 40, p. 6.
[11]
     RDI Consultants Australia, Submission 27, p. 2.
[12]
     For example: SDN Children's Services, Submission 35, p. 4;
Deaf Services Queensland, Submission 19, p. 8.
[13]
     SDN
Children's Services, Submission 35, p. 4;
[14]
     For example: Carers NSW, Submission 12, p. 2; AMAZE, Submission
23, p. 14; Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 8.
[15]
     Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 8.
[16]
     For example: ASPECT, Submission 11, p. 3; Scope Australia,
Submission 17, p. 6; AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 14; Speech Pathology
Australia, Submission 33, pp. 18–19. 
[17]
     ASPECT, Submission 11, p. 3.
[18]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 14. 
[19]
     Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 6.
[20]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, pp. 18–19.
[21]
     Productivity Commission, NDIS Costs, Study Report, October 2017,
pp. 412–413. 
[22]
     NDIA, Submission 42, p. 11.
[23]
     Ms Stephanie Gunn, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NDIA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 8 November 2017, p. 7.
[24]
     NDIS, Our locations, https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/locations.html
(accessed 18 October 2017).
[25]
     NDIA, Submission 42, p. 8. 
[26]
     For example: Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia, Submission 18, p.
14; Vision Australia, Submission 22, p. 3; Speech Pathology Australia, Submission
33, p. 17; Hear and Say, Submission 44, p. 3. 
[27]
     Scope Australia, Submission 17, p. 7. 
[28]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, pp. 16–17.
[29]
     Professor Andrew Whitehouse, Chief Research Officer, Autism CRC, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 September 2017, p. 13.
[30]
     Mrs Amanda Mather, Director of Sustainability and
Strategic Relations, Hear and Say, Proof Committee Hansard, 26
September 2017, p. 4.
[31]
     Mental Health of Young People with Developmental Disabilities, Submission
24, pp. 3–5.
[32]
     For example: Vision Australia, Submission 22, p. 2; Carers
Australia, Submission 28, p. 11.
[33]
     For example: Connect and Relate for Autism Inc, Submission 13, p.
3; AMAZE, Submission 23, pp. 7, 13–14; Mental Health of Young People
with Developmental Disabilities, Submission 24, pp. 3–5.Victorian Autism
Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43, p. 1.
[34]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 1. 
[35]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, pp. 7, 13–14.
[36]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 1–3.
[37]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 1–3.
[38]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 1.
[39]
     Vision Australia, Submission 22, pp. 5–6.
[40]
     Vision Australia, Submission 22, pp. 5–6.
[41]
     NDIS, New NDIS pathway released to improve participant and provider
experience, https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/pathway-experience.html
(accessed 17 October 2017).
[42]
     NDIS, New participant pathway experience, 18 October 2017, p. 5. 
[43]
     Ms Stephanie Gunn, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NDIA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 8 November 2017, p. 8.
[44]
     For example: Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 6; Tasmanian
Government, Submission 76, p. 3.
[45]
     Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 6.
[46]
     Tasmanian Government, Submission 76, p. 3.
[47]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 5.
[48]
     Victorian Government, Submission 71, p. 13.
[49]
     Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 6.
[50]
     Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 6. 
[51]
     Productivity Commission, NDIS Costs, Study Report, October 2017, p.
319.
[52]
     Productivity Commission, NDIS Costs, Study Report, October 2017, p.
50. 
[53]
     NDIA, Submission 42, p. 15.
[54]
     NDIA, Submission 42, p. 15.
[55]
     NDIA, Submission 42, p. 15.
[56]
     Ms Trish Hanna, President, ECIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 October
2017. p. 16.
Chapter 4 - Funding and delivery of services
[1]
       See for example: Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 6; Autism
Spectrum Australia, Submission 11, p. 4; Scope, Submission 17, p.
6; CYDA, Submission 74, p. 4.
[2]
       Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 4.
[3]
       AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 13.
[4]
       Mr Braedan Hogan, Manager, Public Affairs and NDIS Transition, AMAZE, Committee
Hansard, 19 September 2017, p. 35.
[5]
       Name Withheld, Submission 9, p. 2.
[6]
       CYDA, Submission 74, p. 10.
[7]
       Australian Psychological Society Limited, Submission 70, p. 2. 
[8]
       Australian Psychological Society Limited, Submission 70, p. 1.
[9]
       Australian Psychological Society Limited, Submission 70, p. 2.
[10]
     Syndromes Without A Name, Submission 53, p. 4.
[11]
     RDI Consultants Australia, Submission 27, p. 3.
[12]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 13.
[13]
     Australian Psychological Society Limited, Submission 70, p. 2.
[14]
     Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia, Submission 18, p. 2; 
[15]
     Dr Jessica Paynter, Member, Australian Psychological Society, Committee
Hansard, 
26 September 2017, p. 7.
[16]
     Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 10.
[17]
     Hear and Say, Submission 44, p. 5.
[18]
     Hear and Say, Submission 44, p. 5.
[19]
     https://www.ndis.gov.au/operational-guideline/access/determining-access-criteria.html
(accessed 24 October 2017); National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013,
Section 6.
[20]
     See for example: CYDA, Submission 74, p. 9; AMAZE, Submission 23,
p. 16. 
[21]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 16.
[22]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 16.
[23]
     CYDA, Submission 74, p. 7.
[24]
     Name Withheld, Submission 9, p. 3.
[25]
     Australian Psychological Society, Submission 70, p. 2.
[26]
     Australian Psychological Society, Submission 70, p. 2.
[27]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43,
p. 3.
[28]
     Mrs Tina Skapetis, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2017, p. 1.
[29]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43,
pp. 9–10.
[30]
     Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Provision
of Hearing Services Under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, September
2017.
[31]
     See for example: Hear and Say, Submission 44, p. 4; First Voice, Submission
64, p. 6.
[32]
     First Voice, Submission 64, p. 10. 
[33]
     Mr Michael Forwood, Chair, First Voice, Committee Hansard, 27
September 2017, p. 1.
[34]
     Mr Bart Cavalletto, Director, Services, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind
Children, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2017, p. 28.
[35]
     See for example: Mrs Amanda Mather, Director of Sustainability and
Strategic relations, Hear and Say, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2017,
p. 5, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 5; AMAZE, Submission
23, p. 16.
[36]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 5.
[37]
     Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, Submission 40, p. 9.
[38]
     See for example: Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre,
Submission 43, 
p. 3; First Voice, Submission 64, p. 13; AMAZE, Submission 23, p.
14.
[39]
     Early Childhood Intervention Australia Victoria/Tasmania, Submission 7,
p. 9.
[40]
     See for example: Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p.
8; Hear and Say, Submission 44, p. 4.
[41]
     See for example: Vision Australia, Submission 22, pp. 5–6;
Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, pp.  21–22; CYDA, Submission
74, p. 9.
[42]
     Ms Gail Mulcair, CEO, Speech Pathology Australia, Committee Hansard,
19 September 2017, p. 17.
[43]
     See for example: Vision Australia, Submission 22, p. 6; Deaf
Services Queensland, Submission 19, p. 7.
[44]
     Deaf Services Queensland, Submission 19, p. 8.
[45]
     Ms Michelle Crozier, NDIS Project Manager, Deaf Services Queensland, Committee
Hansard – Implementation and performance of the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p.
17.
[46]
     Mrs Rachel Tosh. General Manager, Therapy Alliance Group, Committee
Hansard – Implementation and performance of the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p.
10. 
[47]
     Deaf Services Queensland, Submission 19, p. 8.
[48]
     Myhorizon, additional information received 27 September 2017, p. 1.
[49]
     See for example: AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 16.
[50]
     See for example: Autism Spectrum Australia, Submission 11, p. 5;
Scope, Submission 17, p. 7; Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission
62, p. 7.
[51]
     Noah's Ark Inc, Submission 59, p. 13.
[52]
     Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 7.
[53]
     Department of Education and Training Victorian Government, Submission
71, p. 13.
[54]
     Department of Education and Training Victorian Government, Submission
71, p. 5.
[55]
     Autism Spectrum Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.
[56]
     See for example: Carers Australia, Submission 28, p.5; Early
Education (Early Ed) Inc, Submission 60, p. 2; Occupational Therapy
Australia, Submission 62, pp. 3 and 9.
[57]
     Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia, Submission 53, p. 3.
[58]
     KU Children's Services, Submission 37, p. 4.
[59]
     For example: Siblings Australia, Submission 3, p. 2; Name Withheld,
Submission 5, p. 5; Vision Australia, Submission 22, p. 5;
Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, pp. 3 and 9.
[60]
     Ms Kate Strohm, Founder and Director, Siblings Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 
27 September 2017, p. 8. 
[61]
     Ms Kate Strohm, Founder and Director, Siblings Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 
27 September 2017, p. 8.
[62]
     Name Withheld, Submission 5, p. 5.
[63]
     NDIA, answers to question on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24 November
2017).
[64]
     Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Provision
of hearing services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, September
2017.
[65]
     https://www.ndis.gov.au/Operational-Guideline/including-4.html
(accessed 24 October 2017)
[66]
     See following paragraph of operational guidelines: Where assistive
technologies are being considered, it is expected that the NDIA will generally
only fund the minimum necessary or standard level of support
required (i.e. a wheelchair with standard specifications and features, as
opposed to funding additional items that are not related to the functional
specifications required to meet the Participant's goal).
[67]
     https://www.ndis.gov.au/Operational-Guideline/including-4.html
(accessed 26 October 2017)
[68]
     NDIA, Translation and Interpreter Service Fact Sheet and FAQs https://www.ndis.gov.au/medias/documents/h9f/h3b/8803724886046/FAQs-TIS.pdf
(accessed 27 October 2017)
[69]
     CYDA, Submission 74, p. 8.
[70]
     See for example: Early Childhood Intervention Australia, Submission 10,
p. 4; Kids World Paediatric Therapy, Submission 5, p. 6; CYDA, Submission
74, p. 8; 
[71]
     See for example: Carers Australia, Submission 28, p. 3; Victorian
Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43, p. 2; The
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 57, p. 1.
[72]
     Ms Fleur Beaupert, Policy Officer, CYDA, Committee Hansard, 19
September 2017, p. 22.
[73]
     Ms Teigan Leonard, Team Manager / Psychologist, Kalparrin Early Childhood
Intervention Program Inc, Committee Hansard, 19 September 2017, p. 24.
[74]
     Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 68, p. 5.
[75]
     First Voice, answers to questions on notice, 27 September 2017.
[76]
     See for example: RDI Consultants Australia, Submission 27, p. 1; Victorian
Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43, p. 3; ACT
Government, Submission 66, p. 9.
[77]
     Deaf Services Queensland, Submission 19, p. 7. 
[78]
     See for example: AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 17.
[79]
     CYDA, Submission 74, p. 8.
[80]
     See for example: SDN Children's services, Submission 35, pp. 3–4; Commonwealth
Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 5; Muddy Puddles, Submission 45,
p.3.
[81]
     See for example: SDN Children's Services, Submission 35, p. 9. 
[82]
     Deaf Services Queensland, Submission 19, p. 7.
[83]
     See for example: Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p.
11; Name Withheld, Submission 4, p. 1; Speech Pathology Australia, Submission
33, p. 24.
[84]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 6.
[85]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, p. 24.
[86]
     Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 4.
[87]
     See for example: Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 6; Name
Withheld, Submission 4, p. 1.
[88]
     Name Withheld, Submission 4, p. 1.
[89]
     Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 33, p. 27.
[90]
     Dietitians Association of Australia, Submission 36, p. 3.
[91]
      See for example: Early Childhood Intervention Australia Victoria/Tasmania,
Submission 7, 
p. 7; Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia, Submission 5.
[92]
     See for example: Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 59, p.
12; First Voice, Submission 64, p. 11; Early Childhood Intervention
Australia NSW/ACT, Submission 58, p. 8.
[93]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 4.
[94]
     Noah's Ark Inc, Submission 59, p. 12.
[95]
     First Voice, Submission 64, p. 19.
[96]
     Ms Dee Hofman-Nicholls, Director at Enhanced Health Therapy Services, Committee
Hansard – Implementation and performance of the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p.
12.
[97]
     Ms Dee Hofman-Nicholls, Director at Enhanced Health Therapy Services, Committee
Hansard – Implementation and performance of the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p.
12.
[98]
     Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 22; and see for
example: Early Childhood Intervention Australia Victoria/Tasmania, Submission
7, p. 8; Early Childhood Intervention Australia (National), Submission
10, p. 5; Noah's Ark Inc, Submission 59, p. 12.
[99]
     NDIA, Letter to Registered NDIS Providers from CEO David Bowen, 12
June 2017. https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/letter-to-ndia-registered-providers.html
(accessed 25 October 2017).
[100]    Noah's Ark Inc, Submission
59, pp. 12–13.
[101]    Occupational Therapy
Australia, Submission 62, p. 22.
[102]    Occupational Therapy
Australia, Submission 62, p. 9.
[103]    See for example: Occupational
Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 9; Name Withheld, Submission 5,
p. 3.
[104]    https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/letter-to-ndia-registered-providers.html
(accessed 25 October 2017).
[105]    Productivity Commission, National
Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Costs, Study Report, October 2017, p.
55.
[106]    Dr Jennifer Fitzgerald, CEO,
Scope, Committee Hansard, 19 September 2017, p. 10.
[107]    Mrs Amanda Mather, Director
of Sustainability and Strategic relations, Hear and Say, Committee Hansard,
26 September 2017, p. 5
[108]    Deaf Services Queensland, Submission
19, p. 9.
[109]    Deaf Services Queensland, Submission
19, p. 9.
[110]    Speech Pathology Australia, Submission
33, p. 22. 
[111]    Vision Australia, Submission
22, p. 4.
[112]    Mr Scott Jacobs, National
Disability Insurance Scheme Lead, Vision Australia, Committee Hansard,
19 September 2017, p. 10.
[113]    See for example: Syndromes
Without A Name (SWAN) Australia, Submission 53, p. 5; ECIA NSW/ACT, Submission
58, p. 6; Firstchance Inc, Early Links Inclusion Support, Hunter Prelude,
RIDBC, Submission 25, p. 7.
[114]    AMAZE, Submission 23, p.
18. 
[115]    Speech Pathology Australia, Submission
62, p. 3.
[116]    Connect and Relate for
Autism Inc, Submission 13, p. 4.
[117]    Early Childhood Intervention
Australia, Submission 10, p. 5
[118]    Lifestart, Submission 51,
p. 11.
[119]    Hear and Say, Submission
44, p. 8.
[120]    AMAZE, Submission 23, p.
18.
[121]    See for example: Early
Childhood Intervention Australia Victoria/Tasmania, Submission 7, 
p. 12; Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia, Submission 53, p.
3.
[122]    NDIA, 2017/2018 Price
Guide for NDIS service providers, https://www.ndis.gov.au/providers/pricing-and-payment.html
(accessed 26 October 2017)
[123]    See for example: Early
Childhood Intervention Australia (National), Submission 10, p. 9; Scope,
Submission 17, p. 4; Carers Australia, Submission 28, p. 4.
[124]    See for example: Lifestart, Submission
51, p.7; Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 62, p. 25; Early
Childhood Intervention Australia NSW/ACT, Submission 58, p. 14.
[125]    SDN Children's Services, Submission
35, p. 5.
[126]    Early Childhood Intervention
Australia Victoria/Tasmania, Submission 7, p. 11.
[127]    Carers Australia, Submission
28, p. 4.
[128]    Occupational Therapy
Australia, Submission 62, p. 25.
[129]    National Disability
Services, Submission 14, p. 4; and see for example: Lifestart, Submission
51, p.7; Noah's Ark Inc, Submission 59, p. 2.
[130]    Noah's Ark Inc, Submission
59, p. 2.
[131]    Early Childhood Intervention
Australia NSW/ACT, Submission 58, p. 14.
[132]    See for example: Noah's Ark
Inc, Submission 59, p. 12; Early Childhood Intervention Australia
(National), Submission 10, p. 3; 
[133]    National Disability
Services, Submission 14, p. 4.
[134]    AMAZE, Submission 23,
p. 17.
[135]    Productivity Commission, National
Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Costs, Study Report, October 2017, p.
36.
Chapter 5 - Adequacy and accessibility of the Approach
[1]
       For example: ECIA National, Submission 10, p. 7; Deaf Services
Queensland, Submission 19, p. 14; Firstchance Inc, Early Links Inclusion
Support, Hunter Prelude, RIDBC, Submission 25, p. 6; Speech Pathology
Australia, Submission 33, p. 2; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind
Children, Submission 40, p. 10; Occupational Therapy Australia,
Submission 62, pp. 10–11; Australian Psychological Society, Submission
70, p. 3.
[2]
       For example: ECIA Victoria/Tasmania, Submission 7, p. 4; ECIA
National, Submission 10, p. 2; Vision Australia, Submission 22, p. 3.
[3]
       For example: Vision Australia, Submission 22, p. 3; Ms Katrina Ives,
NDIS Support Coordinator, AEIOU Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard: General
issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS, 26 September
2017, p. 8; Ms Dee Hofman-Nicholls, Director, Enhanced Health Therapy Services,
Proof Committee Hansard: General issues around the implementation and
performance of the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p. 12; 
Ms Michelle Crozier, NDIS Project Manager, Deaf Services Queensland, Proof
Committee Hansard: General issues around the implementation and performance of
the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p. 17.
[4]
       Ms Michelle Crozier, NDIS Project Manager, Deaf Services Queensland, Proof
Committee Hansard: General issues around the implementation and performance of
the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p. 17.
[5]
       Ms Natalie Rose, Manager, Advocacy and Engagement, Li-Ve Tasmania, Proof
Committee Hansard, 4 October 2017, p. 13. 
[6]
       For example: ECIA Victoria/Tasmania, Submission 7, p. 4; and ECIA
National, Submission 10, p. 2.
[7]
       For example:  ECIA Victoria/Tasmania, Submission 7, p. 4; and Ms Kay
Turner, Chief Executive Officer, SDN Children's Services, Proof Committee
Hansard, 3 October 2017, p. 9.
[8]
       Ms Kay Turner, Chief Executive Officer, SDN Children's Services,
Proof Committee Hansard, 3 October 2017, p. 9.
[9]
       ECIA National, Submission 10, p. 2. 
[10]
     For example: ECIA National, Submission 10, p. 7; Deaf Services
Queensland, Submission 19, p. 14; Firstchance Inc, Early Links Inclusion
Support, Hunter Prelude, RIDBC, Submission 25, p. 6; Speech Pathology
Australia, Submission 33, p. 2; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind
Children, Submission 40, p. 10; Occupational Therapy Australia,
Submission 62, pp. 10–11; Australian Psychological Society, Submission
70, p. 3.
[11]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 6.
[12]
     Ms Dee Hofman-Nicholls, Director, Enhanced Health Therapy Services,
Proof Committee Hansard: General issues around the implementation and
performance of the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p. 13. 
[13]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 8.
[14]
     Royal Children's Hospital, Submission 20, p. 7.
[15]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 15.
[16]
     Mr Brett Casey, Chief Executive Officer, Deaf Services Queensland, through
Ms Amy McCusker, Professional Interpreter, Auslan Connections, Proof
Committee Hansard: General issues around the implementation and performance of
the NDIS, 26 September 2017, p. 16.
[17]
     Noah's Ark, Submission 59, p. 8.
[18]
     For example: Firstchance Inc, Early Links Inclusion Support, Hunter
Prelude, RIDBC, Submission 25, p. 6; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind
Children, Submission 40, p. 10; Occupational Therapy Australia,
Submission 62, pp. 10–11. 
[19]
     Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 57, p.
3.
[20]
     Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 57, p.
3. 
[21]      Dr James Best,
Member, Specific Interests Child and Young Person's Health Network, Royal Australian
College of General Practitioners, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 September
2017, 
p. 6.
[22]      Dr James Best,
Member, Specific Interests Child and Young Person's Health Network, Royal
Australian College of General Practitioners, Proof Committee Hansard, 19
September 2017, 
p. 3.
[23]
     NDIS, A GP's Guide to the NDIS, https://www.ndis.gov.au/medias/documents/hb6/h13/8803902619678/GP-Factsheet-web.pdf
 (accessed 7 November 2017).
[24]
     Name Withheld, Submission 4, p. 1; AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 14. Victorian
Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission 43, p. 6; Hear
and Say, Submission 44, p. 6.
[25]
     Professor Matthew Sanders, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director,
Parenting and Family Support Centre, University of Queensland, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 September 2017, p. 14.
[26]
     Ms Trish Hanna, President, ECIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 October
2017, p. 17. 
[27]
     For example: Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre,
Submission 43, p. 3; Hear and Say, Submission 44, p. 4; Occupational
Therapy Australia; Submission 62, p. 4; Australian Psychological
Society, Submission 70, p. 3.
[28]
     Ms Maureen Fordyce, Manager, AMPARO Advocacy Inc, Proof Committee
Hansard: General issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS,
26 September 2017, p. 5.
[29]
     Mrs Christine McClelland, Director, ECEI National Office Team, NDIA, Proof
Committee Hansard, 8 November 2017, p. 6. 
[30]
     Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, Submission
43, p. 3.
[31]
     Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 68, p. 11.
[32]
     Ms Teigan Leonard, Team Manager/Psychologist, Kalparrin Early Childhood
Intervention Program Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 September 2017, p.
29.
[33]
     AMAZE, Submission 23, p. 15.
[34]
     Productivity Commission, NDIS Costs, Study Report, October 2017, p.
236. 
[35]
     For example: Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 7; AMSANT, Submission
56, pp. 1–5.; Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 10. 
[36]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 7.
[37]
     AMSANT, Submission 56, pp. 1–5. 
[38]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 7.
[39]
     Dr Nick Collyer, Systems Advocate, Queensland Advocacy Inc, Proof
Committee Hansard, 
26 September 2017, p. 9. 
[40]
     For example: Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 7; AMSANT, Submission
56,
 pp. 1–5; Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 10. 
[41]
     Queensland Government, Submission 75, p. 10. 
[42]
     ECIA National, Submission 10, p. 4.
[43]
     For example: Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 7; AMSANT, Submission
56, pp. 1–5. 
[44]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 7.
[45]
     Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 21, p. 7.
[46]
     Mr Mark Baigent, Chief Executive Officer, Kalparrin Early Childhood
Intervention Program Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 September 2017, p.
29. 
[47]
     For example: Royal Children's Hospital, Submission 20, p. 7; AMAZE,
Submission 23, p. 15.
[48]
     NDIS, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Strategy, 2017.
[49]      NDIS, New
participant pathway experience, 18 October 2017, p. 7. 
[50]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[51]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017). 
[52]
     NDIA, answers to questions on notice, 8 November 2017 (received 24
November 2017).