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Updated 28 October 2026What Actually Changed in NDIS Compliance (and What Was Just Marketing)The regulatory changes that actually landed, with primary sources - and the three compliance trends that are vendor marketing rather than requirements.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026From Unregistered to Registered: A Realistic SIL Provider TimelineWhat actually drives the timeline from unregistered to registered SIL provider: the process steps, what is genuinely on your clock, and what is not.Read article →28 October 2026The NDIS 90-Day Claim Rule: What Providers Must Change Before 1 DecemberFrom 1 December 2026, NDIS claims must be made within 90 days of the support. The dates, the backlog to clear by 30 November, and what to change in claiming.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Certification Audit: What Happens at Stage 1 and Stage 2What happens at an NDIS certification audit: the Stage 1 desktop review, the Stage 2 on-site visit, non-conformities, and how providers prepare.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Staff Training Requirements: What the Practice Standards Ask ForThe training the NDIS Practice Standards require: the mandatory worker orientation program, Core Module training duties, SIL and module training, and evidence.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Governance Requirements: The Eight Quality Indicators ExplainedWhat the NDIS Practice Standards require of provider governance: the eight quality indicators, the evidence for each, and what proportionate means for you.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Reportable Incidents: What to Report, and How FastThe NDIS Incident Management and Reportable Incidents Rules 2018 explained: what is reportable, the 24-hour and 5-day timeframes, and what to record.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Mandatory Registration 2027: What Providers Should Do NowWhat's confirmed about NDIS mandatory registration from 1 July 2027: registered by December 2030, the high-risk supports list, and NDIA enrolment.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Participant Safeguarding: How a Provider's Obligations Fit TogetherNDIS safeguarding for providers: the Practice Standards rights outcomes, Code of Conduct, worker screening, incidents, complaints and restrictive practices.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Privacy and Cyber Security: What Providers Must DoWhat the NDIS Practice Standards and Privacy Act require of providers: consent, information management, data breach notification and a cyber baseline.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026NDIS Workforce Capability: The Records That Prove Staff CompetencyWhat the NDIS Practice Standards require of your workforce: the ten HR indicators, worker screening records, the Code of Conduct, and the evidence for each.Read article →28 October 2026The New NDIS Commission Portal: What Providers Need to DoSince 12 October 2026 the NDIS Commission runs two portals. Which one to use for applications, re-registration and incidents, plus myID, RAM and staff access.Read article →Updated 28 October 2026Do You Need NDIS Compliance Software? An Honest Answer From a Company That Sells ItWhen manual NDIS compliance is genuinely fine, what changes the answer, and the three questions to ask before buying any compliance platform — including ours.Read article →28 October 2026Which Supports Will Need NDIS Registration From 2027? What the Commission Has Said So FarPersonal care, daily living and closed settings need NDIS registration from 1 July 2027. What's confirmed, what's our reading, and what's not yet published.Read article →21 October 2026A 12-Month NDIS Registration Readiness PlanA month-by-month plan for the 2027 registration expansion: self-assessment, closing evidence gaps, choosing an auditor and lodging a valid application.Read article →Updated 15 October 2026NDIS Commission Enforcement: What Unregistered Providers Should UnderstandHow NDIS Commission compliance notices, banning orders and the enforcement actions register work for unregistered providers, and what the penalties mean.Read article →Updated 15 October 2026The Mid-Term Audit: Staying Compliant Between Certification and RenewalWhat an NDIS mid-term audit checks, when it falls due, how it differs from certification, and why evidence drifts in the months between audits.Read article →14 October 2026Stopping SIL Supports Compliantly: Notification and Participant TransitionWhat the NDIS Commission's notification and transition rules require when you stop SIL supports: who to tell, what to include, and protecting participants.Read article →7 October 2026The SIL Supplementary Module: What the Four New Practice Standards Ask ForSupported decision-making, safeguarding, practice governance and tenancy agreements: what each of the four SIL Practice Standards requires as evidence.Read article →Updated 2 October 2026Missed the SIL Registration Deadline? What to Do NowThe 1 October 2026 SIL apply-by date has gone. What the NDIS Commission's pathways say if you lodged, if you did not, and the next steps for each.Read article →30 September 2026NDIS Policies and Procedures: When Purchased Templates Get an Application RefusedWhat the NDIS Commission expects when you use purchased policies or a consultant, what happens when applications look alike, and how to use a template properly.Read article →30 September 2026NDIS Practice Standards Explained: Modules, Quality Indicators and the SIL StandardsThe NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators explained: Core, supplementary and Verification modules, and the SIL standards from July 2026.Read article →30 September 2026NDIS Registration Groups: The Full List and the Audit Each NeedsAll 38 NDIS registration groups from 0101 to 0138, with the audit type each one needs, what is new in 2026, and how to choose yours.Read article →30 September 2026Sole Traders and Mandatory SIL RegistrationMandatory SIL registration doesn't exempt sole traders. What the Commission's rule asks of a one-person service, and the evidence it takes at that scale.Read article →30 September 2026Unregistered NDIS Providers: What You Can Do Now, and What Changes in 2027What an unregistered NDIS provider can and can't deliver, who you can support, worker screening, brokerage, and what changes from 1 July 2027.Read article →Updated 24 September 2026Restrictive Practices and the NDIS: Authorisation, Reporting, and ReductionNDIS restrictive practices explained: the five regulated practices, who authorises them, behaviour support plans, monthly reporting and the reduction goal.Read article →24 September 2026Registration Group 0138: Scoping Your SIL Application CorrectlyWhat registration group 0138 covers, how it replaces 0115 for SIL, and why getting your application's scope wrong costs more at audit than at submission.Read article →21 September 2026What Makes a SIL Registration Application ValidTransition protections only hold for a valid, complete application. What has to be in it, and the 60-day submission window providers miss.Read article →15 September 2026Am I a SIL Provider? Applying the Commission's Definition to Your ServiceThe NDIS Commission's three-part SIL definition, the two situations that fall outside it, and why sole traders and small services aren't automatically exempt.Read article →4 September 2026Can Plan-Managed Participants Still Use an Unregistered SIL Provider?Plan management doesn't exempt a SIL provider from mandatory registration. What the transition allows, and what plan managers should check before paying.Read article →
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