The Consultative Committee

About the Consultative Committee

The Consultative Committee brings together people with diverse experience of and expertise in issues affecting people with disability, who are committed to ensuring the safety and quality of NDIS supports and services.

The Consultative Committee connects people from the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission with stakeholders to ensure that the voice of the participant is considered as part of the decision-making process.

The composition of the Consultative Committee is a mix of participants, peaks, workers, disability representative organisations and stakeholders, and reflects sector and geographic diversity. Please see The Consultative Committee for the new membership.

Following an overwhelmingly positive response to the Commission’s Expression of Interest process for members to join the Consultative Committee, we are making sure to optimise the opportunity to include as many people as possible. 

The Committee will be supported by three advisory groups:

  • Participant Advisory Group    
  • Provider Advisory Group
  • Complaints Advisory Group

For more information on the Consultative Committee please see the Terms of Reference, Terms of Reference – easy read and Auslan version of the Terms of Reference.

If you have any questions about the Consultative Committee or are interested in joining one of the Advisory Groups, please email committee@ndiscommission.gov.au or call or text 1800 035 544.

Andrew Rowley CEO, Ability First Australia

Angus McFarland Secretary, Australia Services Union NSW / ACT

Carol Berry Alliance20 Representative, CEO, The Disability Trust

Carolyn Frohmader Executive Director, Women with Disabilities Australia

Jane Britt Senior Policy Officer, People with Disability Australia

Claire Bertholli NDIS Participant, NSW

David West NDIS Participant, VIC

Hannah McPierzie NDIS Participant, WA

Jeff Smith CEO, Disability Advocacy Network Australia

Kamania Butler NDIS Participant, QLD

Laurie Leigh CEO, National Disability Services

Mark Blowers NDIS Participant, WA

Mary Henley-Collopy NDIS Consultant, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

Natalie Tomas NDIS Participant, VIC

Natasha Street NDIS Participant, TAS

Peter Tully NDIS Participant, QLD

Renay Barker-Mulholland NDIS Participant, VIC

Sarah Butler NDIS Participant, NSW

Shawn Phua NDIS Participant, QLD

Kelly Cox Policy Officer - NDIS Project Lead, First Peoples Disability Network 

Terms of Reference downloads

Consultative Committee Terms of Reference

More information

An outline of the matters discussed at each Committee meeting will be published as a communiqué on the NDIS Commission website.

If you have any questions about the Committee, please contact committee@ndiscommission.gov.au

Related resources

Consultative Committee communique – November 2023

Provider Advisory Group communique – October 2023

Consultative Committee communique – August 2023

The Disability Sector Consultative Committee met on Tuesday, 2 August 2022 and the Industry Consultative Committee met on Wednesday, 3 August 2022.

The Disability Sector Consultative Committee met on Tuesday, 22 March 2022 and the Industry Consultative Committee met on Wednesday, 23 March 2022.

The third meeting of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) Industry Consultative Committee (Committee) for 2021 was held on 10 November.

The third meeting for 2021 of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) Disability Sector Consultative Committee (Committee) was held on 9 November.

The second meeting of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) Industry Consultative Committee (Committee) for 2021 was held by video conference on 21 July.

The second meeting for 2021 of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) Disability Sector Consultative Committee (Committee) was held on 20 July by video conference.

The NDIS Commission Industry Sector Consultative Committee met by video conference on 10 March 2021.

The NDIS Commission Disability Sector Consultative Committee met by video conference on 9 March 2021.

The final meeting of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) Industry Consultative Committee (the Committee) for 2020 was held by videoconference on 10 November. Due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions, the meeting was held by videoconference. The meeting marks a year since the Committee was established to assist the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner (the Commissioner) in delivering core functions under section 181 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Act 2013.

The final meeting of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) Disability Sector Consultative Committee (the Committee) for 2020 was held by videoconference on 4 November. The meeting marks a year since the Committee was established to assist the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner (the Commissioner) in delivering core functions under section 181 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Act 2013.

The NDIS Commission Industry Sector Consultative Committee met on 1 July 2020.

The NDIS Commission Disability Sector Consultative Committee met on 30 June 2020.

The NDIS Commission Industry Sector Consultative Committee met on 11 March 2020.

The NDIS Commission Disability Sector Consultative Committee met on 10 March 2020.

On 26 November 2019, the NDIS Commission Disability Sector Consultative Committee (the Committee) met for the first time.

On 19 November 2019, the NDIS Commission Disability Sector Consultative Committee (the Committee) met for the first time.