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The public record has moved to 30 June. It is a useful baseline but not an answer to what the reforms will do next.

The NDIA has updated its public NDIS data, bringing the agency’s datasets, dashboards, quarterly-report supplements and Specialist Disability Accommodation demand data to 30 June 2026.

The refreshed series now gives the sector a common starting point — and a way to test what changes once the new legislation and planning arrangements take effect.

Also, Tasmania has identified 13 government-owned sites for aged-care and assisted-living proposals. Its expression-of-interest process seeks a new facility in each of three regions. This is simply an invitation to build (Tasmanian Government) with expressions closing on 6 November.

The pressure is immediate. Pulse Tasmania reports that some medically fit patients have waited up to nine months to leave hospital. Health Minister Bridget Archer says on an average day about 100 Tasmanians are waiting for appropriate aged-care or NDIS settings. Pulse Tasmania

Bottom line: The NDIA has refreshed the evidence base. The real test is whether the agency continues to publish data quickly enough to show the human and market effects of reform, not merely its headline savings.

What to watch next: The June data will provide the last broad pre-reform comparison point as changes to planning, access and participant supports begin to land.

Source: NDIS online data updated — NDIA

This release covers datasets, quarterly-report supplements, SDA demand data, participant dashboards and the Explore data tool, including information on participant numbers, plan budgets, providers, markets and plan utilisation. It is the agency’s latest public baseline.

Source: NDIA

Families’ experience: Queenslanders with Disability Network is inviting Australian parents and carers of children under nine with disability, developmental delay or neurodivergence to contribute to University of Queensland research. The 15-minute survey asks about access to disability, health and education supports.

Sources: QDN, 14 September; University of Queensland

Hospital standards: QDN is seeking people’s experiences to inform its submission on the third edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards. Its newsletter also directs readers to a submission template from the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health.

Source: QDN, 14 September

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Colac stroke survivor Peter Barry’s in-home support has fallen from two hours daily to six hours a week. Barry estimates his funding has roughly halved since 2019. The agency attributed the closure to heating maintenance and said funding reflected individual assessed needs, independently of fraud measures.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | Paywall: Yes

ABC News reports that two support workers were restrained during a drug-warrant raid at a home where three women with psychosocial disabilities lived. Police said they established the supported home was not linked to their investigation and defended their procedures. Provider Ilora Group says residents needed continuing support afterwards and is seeking compensation and acknowledgement.

Source: ABC News | Paywall: No | 14 September; included under the authorised 52-hour lookback.

Pulse Tasmania reports that the state’s proposed care facilities are intended to relieve hospital discharge pressure. Beyond the land offer, Health Minister Bridget Archer wants more memory-support capacity. The report describes medically fit patients waiting as long as nine months, showing why additional capacity matters before any new facility opens.

Source: Pulse Tasmania | Paywall: No | 14 September, 4:47pm.