NDIS banning orders rose 68% as the regulator acted on fraud and suitability concerns.

Summary

• The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission issued 326 banning orders in 2025–26, up from 194 in 2024–25. That is 132 more orders, a rise of about 68%.
• The report says orders were issued for suitability and compliance-related issues. These include neglect and sexual misconduct involving participants, findings from fraud investigations, and a person’s criminal history, including offences unrelated to NDIS service delivery.
• Banning orders were 326 of the 2,415 statutory enforcement tools used in 2025–26 (about 13.5%). Most of the growth in tool use was compliance notices.

Banning orders by financial year

Nationwide totals across all grounds. The report gives one total and does not break it down by ground. Percentage change is our calculation: (326 − 194) ÷ 194 = 68.0%.

194

326

2024–25

2025–26

Banning orders among all enforcement tools

The Commission reports no injunctions in either year. Banning orders were about 19.3% of tools in 2024–25 (194 of 1,005) and about 13.5% in 2025–26 (326 of 2,415). The report says the compliance notice increase came mainly from compliance sprints aimed at registered providers that had not completed mid-term audits.

The grounds the report names

The report says the 326 orders were issued “for a range of suitability and compliance-related issues”. It names three groups: neglect and sexual misconduct involving participants, findings arising from fraud investigations, and a person’s criminal history. It states that the criminal history group includes offences unrelated to NDIS service delivery.

The report also describes banning orders as a key safeguarding tool that prevents unsuitable individuals and providers from operating in the sector. In one case summary, the Commission affirmed a 10-year banning order under section 73ZN(2). It found the person was not suitable to be involved in providing supports and that there was an immediate danger to the health, safety or wellbeing of people with disability. The Administrative Review Tribunal concluded the section 73ZN(2) criteria were met.

What the Act says about fraud and dishonesty

Section 73ZN of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 lets the Commissioner make a banning order where a person is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty. This is an express ground for providers (s73ZN(1)(c)), for people employed or engaged by providers and key personnel (s73ZN(2)(b)), and for applicants for registration and approved quality auditors (s73ZN(2B)(d)). Separately, the Commissioner can act where they reasonably believe a person has contravened, or is likely to contravene, the Act, or is not suitable to provide or be involved in supports. The annual report’s reference to findings from fraud investigations is a different thing from a conviction, and the report does not say which ground was used for any order.

The Act says an order can be permanent or for a specified period (s73ZN(3)(b)). The report refers to both a 10-year order and permanent individual banning orders. For the register’s own count of orders by duration and prohibited activity, see Banning orders: permanent, fixed-term and what they prohibit. For the grounds in more detail, see Unsafe care and participant harm.

What this does not tell you

• The report does not say why the number rose. It may reflect more regulator activity, more cases reaching a decision, or both. One year does not make a trend.
• The report gives no count by ground, so we cannot say how many orders involved fraud, criminal history or neglect.
• These are annual report totals for financial years. They are not the same basis as our register counts by calendar year, and the two should not be added together or compared directly.
• A count of orders is not a count of people or providers.
• This page is general information and is not legal advice. Check the current Act before relying on it.

Source and licence

Sources: NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Annual Report 2025–26, table 2 and commentary (pages 59–60) and case summaries (pages 42–43); and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, section 73ZN (Compilation No. 28, registered 12 October 2026). Both retrieved 13 November 2026. The Commission material is © Commonwealth of Australia and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 unless stated otherwise (see the Commission’s copyright and disclaimer page). The counts, calculations and commentary on this page are our own analysis of that material, and the Commission has not reviewed or endorsed them.