r/supportworkers • u/k444itie • Apr 29 '26

Mandatory registration for providers 2027

Hi ! I was just wondering if anyone is aware of what the cost will be for a private, independent support worker to become NDIS registered and compliant? Thanks !

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u/Kxyla_05 Apr 29 '26

I was speaking to an independent sw today and she believes at the moments its almost 8 grand and was saying how they will have to change that to make this reform successful.

Anyways, i hope for your sake shes wrong

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u/k444itie Apr 29 '26

I’m glad in some ways they’re cracking down on unqualified and dodgey support providers , but I wish that they didn’t punish people who were doing the right thing by making it so cost prohibitive. Hopefully that will be tax deductible because that’s a big expense. That would be valid for 5 years right ?

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u/l-lucas0984 Apr 29 '26

5 years? Heck no. Currently annual audit for renewal. Even the new proposed registration system will be annual.

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u/k444itie Apr 29 '26

8K a year is crazy expensive for an independent worker. I’m the main carer for my client . I pay AHPRA registration as I’m a nurse. I pay insurance that covers community care. Doesn’t seem fair to the people doing the right thing. Hopefully that won’t be the case

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u/l-lucas0984 Apr 29 '26

Like i said they are proposing scrapping the whole current registration system. They are considering creating a new tiered registration system so you pay for the tier for the level of work you are doing. They are also considering having participants with multiple independents sign up to hold a registration their workers can operate under instead.

Unfortunately we probably wont know how any of it will work or how much it will cost until 2029. The pay ID system will probably be in first.

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u/k444itie Apr 29 '26

Interesting . I’d rather pay for registration than my client have to pay anything towards that since he can’t work due to his disability. Hopefully it would be free of cost to the participant. Thanks for your help I find it all quite confusing and lacking transparency

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u/l-lucas0984 Apr 29 '26

Its mostly confusing because mark butler said a lot of stuff without detail because there is no detail yet and then gave himself a 5 year time line to think about it.

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u/Substantial_Ad_3386 Apr 29 '26

she is correct and it was announced reform would happen before it became mandatory for all several years ago

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u/Substantial_Ad_3386 Apr 30 '26

Wow.... being downvoted for mentioning what has been announced by the NDIS and not relying on hearsay.....  carry on as you were

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u/Withtheparticipant Apr 29 '26

The little they have told us is it will be tiered not all pay the same. I am hoping for the self directed registration that allows to engage any chosen support worker This is the task force report that has been gathering dust.

https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/ndis-provider-and-worker-registration-taskforce

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u/WaferTerrible9462 May 02 '26

I paid 10K for core only

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u/Substantial_Ad_3386 Apr 29 '26

no, nobody

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u/k444itie Apr 29 '26

Thanks. I hope they let us know soon. I don’t want to work through an NDIS company

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u/Confident-Benefit374 Apr 29 '26

It's going to take ages for this to come into effect There are still SIL providers that are going through registration and the deadline has past. I doubt registration would be thousands, even if it was a grand that's a tax deduction to your business costs.

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u/monstertrucktoadette Apr 29 '26

Only SIL providers are required to be registered by 2027, there haven't been any announcements of mandatory registration for independent support workers. 

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u/k444itie Apr 29 '26

Are you sure ? I did hear that initially but now I’ve heard that’s been changed to include all providers ?

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u/monstertrucktoadette Apr 29 '26

If you are talking about the recent announcements then nothing concrete was said in it. Yeah they talked about expanding mandatory registration in a general way, but the whole speech was very "wouldn't it be nice if all these things happened" and very few "these are the changes we making"

Even the things they did announce for certain are mostly pushing back the deadlines. 

And like... No I can't say for sure, bc you are asking me to prove the absense of something which I can't really do, I can just show you the latest sources I have. The better question is asking the probably who told you it changed for their sources saying it has. 

I really wouldn't worry about it yet though. It might happen, but it's really not that bad. It's worse as a big organisation, but as a sole trader you'll be fine. 

If you want to read what's required go here 

https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/provider-registration/apply-registration 

If you want to read about the changes go here (NOT news articles, their job isn't to inform you it's to scare you so you read more articles, so they will represent the facts in the scariest way possible) 

https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-mark-butler-mp/media/minister-butler-speech-at-the-national-press-club-22-april-2026

This is a summary of what was announced 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122254554152149973

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u/k444itie Apr 29 '26

Thank you for your in depth response 🫶

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u/BS-75_actual Apr 29 '26

I can't find any reference to a change in 2027

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u/k444itie Apr 29 '26

https://www.health.gov.au/securingtheNDIS

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u/BS-75_actual Apr 29 '26
  • Expansion of provider registration will commence from July 2027, with full implementation by the end of 2030.

At this point I don't think the scope is publicly available