Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Annual Report No. 2 of the 48th Parliament
NLEC appeared at the public hearing in Canberra on lived-experience intelligence, governance, performance, safeguards and accountability.
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Parliamentary Submissions & Evidence
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Parliamentary engagement
Two public hearings, connected evidence
The two 2026 hearing records featured here connect NLEC's NDIS and Social Housing evidence. Participation and publication do not imply committee endorsement.
Senate Economics References Committee
Social Housing
NLEC participated in the public hearing at Parliament House, Canberra, bringing its cross-system housing recommendations and lived-experience perspective.
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Published submissions
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Submission 1129 and 1129.1–1129.3June 2026
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee
NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
NDIS reform submission series
The published parliamentary record includes NLEC's principal submission and three supplementary documents: the National Co-Design Standards Framework; the National Lived Experience Intelligence Report 2026; and an implementation-readiness and transition-safeguards addendum.
View official inquiry registerSubmission 19June 2026
Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Annual Report No. 2 of the 48th Parliament
Embedding Lived Experience Intelligence
NLEC's published evidence recommends a formal lived-experience intelligence function in NDIS oversight and stronger public reporting on participant harm, administrative harm, safeguards and accountability.
Read official submission PDFSubmission 1017 June 2026
Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres
Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres
Human, Community and Public-Interest Safeguards
NLEC's published evidence addresses automated decision-making, digital exclusion, essential-service safeguards, community impacts and lived-experience assessment in AI infrastructure policy.
Read official submission PDFAuthorised for publication
Social Housing inquiry
Submission No. 16 — published on the official parliamentary register
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Social Housing
NLEC's formal submission is dated 16 September 2026 and authored by Daniel Vamplew, Executive Director. The official register identifies it as Submission 16. NLEC participated in the 22 October Social Housing hearing. Publication and participation do not imply parliamentary endorsement of NLEC's recommendations.
- Submission
- No. 16 · 16 September 2026 · Nine pages
- Referred
- 20 August 2026
- Submissions close
- 24 September 2026
- Reporting date
- 1 March 2027
Other public records last checked: 22 September 2026
No additional state or territory parliamentary submissions were identified under NLEC's organisation name in searches covering Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. This statement is limited to that name-based public-record search and does not establish that no other relevant records exist.
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