Introduction

A legislative requirement of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in the National Disability Insurance (NDIS) Act 2013 ( Section 174 ) is:

The Board members must prepare a report on operations of the Agency for each period of 3 months starting on 1 July, 1 October, 1 January or 1 April; and give the report to the Ministerial Council within 1 month after the end of the period to which the report relates.

The NDIS Performance Reporting Framework in the bilateral agreements between the Commonwealth and State/Territory governments outlines the NDIS outcomes, key performance indictors (KPIs), and performance measures against which to report. This Performance Reporting Framework is included in Appendix A .

This 30 September 2016 report is the first quarterly report of the NDIS Transition period wh ich commenced on 1 July 2016. Subsequent reports will include quarterly trends and comparisons. Where possible, data is presented by State/Territory.