The Collaborative Partnership is excited to announce that the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has officially joined the national alliance to improve work participation for Australians with a health condition or disability.

In implementing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), the NDIA is supporting a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers. The NDIA brings significant expertise and experience in the disability sector, including its recent release of the NDIS Participant Employment strategy, which aims to have 30 per cent of working age NDIS participants in paid employment by 30 June 2023.

Past research from the Collaborative Partnership has shown most people have a strong desire to work however, employers are unsure about how to accommodate people with health conditions or disability. The NDIA will provide valuable insight to help shape future priorities and support the Partnership to drive long-term change towards increasing work participation of people with disability. Particularly in relation to changing attitudes about employment of people with health conditions or disability and building the skills and capabilities of employers.

NDIA is the eighth partner of the Partnership and joins Comcare; the ACTU; EML; Insurance Council of Australia (ICA); Department of Education, Skills and Employment; Department of Social Services; and the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM).