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DLI Members in the news – August 2026

Megan Spindler-Smith – How will the NDIS changes impact you?

Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS reforms pass Senate, thousands to lose access by 2031

Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS Bill Passes: Blow to People With Disability

Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS report warns of care shortfall

Alastair McEwin, Megan Spindler-Smith – Diversity Festival 2026 program launches: join the celebration and conversation

Megan Spindler-Smith – 50,000 people call for Australian Human Rights Act

Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘Left feeling like a burden’: How the government’s new NDIS changes may impact you

Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA: A devastating day for people with disability as NDIS Bill passes

Megan Spindler-Smith – Senate Rejects Automated Aged Care, PWDA Cautions NDIS

Jane Britt, Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability advocates say parliament should “rip up” the new NDIS bill

Megan Spindler-Smith – Minister bats away proposal for disability inspector-general

Megan Spindler-Smith – Labor, Coalition set to pass NDIS bill, despite majority of submissions condemning the cuts

Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Criticizes Senate Nod for NDIS Bill

Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘Devastating’ NDIS overhaul to pass after Senate inquiry tables report

Anna Boucher – Migrant worker exploitation: Why it persists and how HR can act

Megan Spindler-Smith – The NDIS cuts are neither reasonable nor necessary

Megan Spindler-Smith – Push for independent disability system inspector-general

Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘Back to work’: Labor to lock in gambling, NDIS changes

Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS boss warns of ‘AI gold rush’ and calls for independent scheme watchdog

Megan Spindler-Smith – “Rip it up”: PWDA urges Parliament to reject NDIS Bill and start again

Megan Spindler-Smith – We die’: disabled voices warn against NDIS cuts

Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS reforms to pass

Megan Spindler-Smith – Megan Spindler-Smith Speaks at National Press Club

Jane Britt – PWDA: Scrap NDIS Bill, Start Over

Gemma Lucy Smart – Nothing about us, without us: Beyond the student panel

Alastair McEwin – ‘The bill should not pass’: Australians with disability escalate fears over NDIS cuts

Alastair McEwin – Australia can build a better disability employment system

Megan Spindler-Smith – New Evidence Shows Gov’t Unready for NDIS Reforms

Tim Harte – New Members Join Policy, Equity, Diversity Panels

Jane Britt – Thriving Kids still MIA weeks from deadline

Megan Spindler-Smith – 4,000 NDIS service providers profiting from incorrect billing practices

Jeramy Hope – Queensland Disability Advisory Council has been vacant since August 2025

Jeramy Hope – People don’t want to be ‘forgotten’ amid NDIS inquiry

Anna Boucher –  Border crossing data misleadingly used in housing and migration claim