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Catch up with all of the latest Self Manager News, Events and check out some of our favourite free Resources.
News
Changing the definition of an NDIS provider – consultation | consultations | NDIS
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The Australian Government has opened a public consultation on changing the legal definition of an “NDIS provider” in the NDIS Act.
New Workshop: The Future of NDIS Provider Regulation and Registration | Self Manager Hub | News | NDIS | Supports
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| Self Manager Hub | News | NDIS | Supports
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This online session will explain what the consultation is about, why the Government is proposing changes, and what this could mean on the ground for participants, families, and those involved in delivering supports.
Exciting New Peer Support Group for People Who Directly Engage Support Workers | peer groups | NDIS | Choice and control | Supports
| Free resource | Build your team | Peer network | News
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| peer groups | NDIS | Choice and control | Supports
| Free resource | Build your team | Peer network | News
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The Self Manager Hub is starting a small online peer support group, so you do not have to figure all this out on your own.
Events
New Workshop: Can the NDIA take self or plan management away? | event | self management | Self Manager Hub | Consumer rights | Contracts and legal | News
| NDIS Fund Management | Events | News | Know your rights
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| event | self management | Self Manager Hub | Consumer rights | Contracts and legal | News
| NDIS Fund Management | Events | News | Know your rights
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The NDIS has new rules that affect when people are allowed to manage their own funding. These rules explain when you can self-manage, use a plan manager, or must have the NDIA manage your funding.
In this workshop, we’ll explain the new rules in plain language. We’ll talk about what the NDIA looks at when deciding when someone can manage their own funding and what you can do if they say no
Create Your Own NDIS Support Service: How People with Disability and Our Families Are Taking Control of Our Supports and of Our Lives | Self Manager Hub | Peer support | What can I buy?
| Build your team | Events | Know your rights
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| Self Manager Hub | Peer support | What can I buy?
| Build your team | Events | Know your rights
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Join us for a practical workshop exploring how people with disability and our families are creating their own services, designed by us, for us. Hear from experts with lived experience who’ve built innovative, person-centred supports that deliver real outcomes.
Self Manager Hub Workshop – Fixing the NDIS Support Lists | What can I buy?
| What can I buy? | Events | News | Know your rights
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| What can I buy? | Events | News | Know your rights
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This peer-led workshop is for NDIS participants who want to understand and influence the government’s review of the NDIS support lists – rules that currently decide what people can and can’t purchase with their NDIS funding. Now is the time to speak up and push for changes that reflect what really matters to people with disability.
Resources
Have Your Say | hiring | Contracts and legal | Hiring a contractor
| Free resource | News | Know your rights
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| hiring | Contracts and legal | Hiring a contractor
| Free resource | News | Know your rights
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The Department of Social Services (DSS) wants to hear from people with disability, families, and supporters.
Self Manager Hub Workshop – Understanding the NDIS Support Lists: What Can I Buy in 2025? Recording | What can I buy?
| Free resource | What can I buy? | News | Know your rights
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| Free resource | What can I buy? | News | Know your rights
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In this recorded workshop, we explained the changes clearly. We discussed how the rules are being applied, what choices participants still have, and how to make informed decisions when purchasing supports.
Video: What Can You use your funding on in 2025 with Chris Coombes | Funds Management | News
| NDIS Fund Management | Free resource | News
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| Funds Management | News
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In this engaging conversation, Jarrod Sandell-Hay sits down with Chris Coombes from Team DSC to unpack Section 10 — how it came about, what it was meant to achieve, and what we’re seeing on the ground nearly nine months later.
