Its main statutory functions are:
- delivering the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) so as to, amongst other things, support the independence, and social and economic participation, of people with disability and enable people with disability to exercise choice and control in the pursuit of their goals and the planning and delivery of their supports;
- managing, and advising and reporting on, the financial sustainability of the NDIS;
- developing and enhancing the disability sector;
- building community awareness of disabilities and the social contributors to disabilities;
- collecting, analysing and exchanging data about disabilities and the supports for people with disability; and
- undertaking research relating to disabilities, the supports for people with disability and the social contributors to disabilities.
Current board appointments
Position | Appointee | Start Date | End Date |
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Chair | Mr. Kurt Fearnley AO | 18 October 2022 | 17 October 2025 |
Member | Ms. Joan McKenna-Kerr AM | 1 April 2023 | 31 March 2026 |
Member | The Hon Dr. Denis Napthine | 18 October 2022 | 17 October 2025 |
Member | Ms. Estelle Pearson | 11 October 2023 | 10 October 2026 |
Member | Mr. Mark Darras | 24 November 2023 | 23 November 2026 |
Member | Dr Graeme Innes AM | 18 October 2022 | 17 October 2025 |
Member | Dr. Ian Watt AC | 28 August 2024 | 27 August 2027 |
Member | VACANT | ||
Member | Dr. Richard Fejo | 1 April 2023 | 31 March 2026 |
Member | Ms. Leah van Poppel | 1 January 2025 | 31 December 2027 |
Member | Dr. Rhonda Galbally AC | 1 January 2025 | 31 December 2027 |
Member | Ms. Maryanne Diamond AO | 18 October 2022 | 17 October 2025 |
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