News | 21 September 2015

A-Z of the NDIS roll outs in NSW and Victoria

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The NDIS rolls out in NSW and VIC

The release of roll out plans for Victoria and NSW will give certainty to 245,000 people with disability, their families and carers who have been waiting for news of when the NDIS will come to them. We look in more detail at the roll out in both states.

The NDIS roll outs will be done by geographical region in both Victoria and in NSW for all eligible people. People in the Hunter and Barwon trial sites and in the Nepean Blue Mountains launch site who have not been eligible will be covered by the NDIS when their region comes on line.

In NSW, the NDIS will be rolled out over two years, with all regions covered by 1 July 2018.

The full NSW roll out will cover 115,000 people, and will allow up to 26,000 people with disability who do not receive any support right now to come into the NDIS in its first year.

In Victoria, the NDIS will be rolled out across three years, with all regions covered by the NDIS by 1 July 2019. The NDIS roll out will allow 27,000 people who are not covered by the disability system to receive support, as well as the 78,000 people who receiving support under the current arrangements.

Here’s a summary of the roll out region by region.

NSW regions rolling out the NDIS:

NDIS roll out in NSW regions

NDIS roll out in Sydney metro regions

Roll out from July 2016

  • Central Coast
  • Hunter/New England
  • Southern NSW
  • Nepean/Blue Mountains
  • Northern Sydney
  • South-Western Sydney
  • Western Sydney

Roll out from July 2017

  • Illawarra/Shoalhaven
  • Mid-North Coast
  • Murrumbidgee
  • Northern NSW
  • Western New South Wales
  • Far West NSW
  • South-Eastern Sydney
  • Sydney

Victorian regions rolling out the NDIS:

NDIS roll out in Victorian regions

NDIS roll out in Melbourne metro regions

Roll out from July 2016

  • Northern East Melbourne
  • Loddon
  • Central Highlands

Roll out from July 2017

  • Inner Eastern Melbourne
  • Outer Eastern Melbourne
  • Hume-Moreland
  • Bayside Peninsula
  • Inner Gippsland
  • Ovens-Murray
  • Western District

Roll out from July 2018

  • Brimbank-Melton
  • Goulburn
  • Mallee
  • Outer Gippsland
  • Southern Melbourne
  • Western Melbourne

The National Disability Insurance Agency, which is responsible for co-ordinating the NDIS across the country, have put together detailed fact sheets for participants in NSW and Victoria. They outline the timetable, councils included in each region and the kind of supports that will be covered by the NDIS.

You can also find more information about how the NDIS works, and what you’ll need to know to get ready, as well as answers to frequently asked questions here.

We’ll keep you updated as the roll out information comes to hand, and as we hear news of roll out plans and updates in other states and territories.

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