14/06/2025
It’s not just about us as practitioners… it’s about the people we support! We know how hard it is to find an OT for your child/ren, the waitlists are endless… if the recommended changes are put through it’s going to make that problem worse.
Allied Health Professionals need YOU as the participants to advocate with us, tell the NDIA, your federal member and local member of parliament how much benefit you get from having therapies in your home, school, daycare, preschool. How significant the impact will be if these are taken away because allied health businesses won’t be able to travel the same distances to provide service and remain financially viable.
OTs are at breaking point.
The NDIA has made a devastating pricing decision—one that freezes therapy support rates for the seventh year in a row and slashes travel funding for occupational therapists by 50%. These changes are already driving providers out of the system and leaving participants without essential care.
Occupational therapists deserve fair pay.
NDIS participants deserve consistent care.
OTA is campaigning for an immediate price uplift, a fit-for-purpose allied health costing model, and a reversal of the 50% travel rate cut – and we need your voice!
Here’s what you can do:
1.Sign our petition to the Australian Government and NDIA
2. Email your MP using our prepared template - it goes straight to your MP + NDIS decision-makers
We also call on our OTA members to share this with your networks. The more Australians who speak out - participants, families, therapists, and allies - the harder it will be for decision makers to ignore the devastating consequences of this pricing decision.
Take action now: https://otaus.com.au/ndis-pricing-campaign