Audit Committee Hearings into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Defence Major Projects Reports
Parliament of Australia
The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) will be holding hearings on Thursday, 23 April 2026, for its inquiries into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the 2023–24 and 2024–25 Defence Major Projects Reports.
Committee Chair Josh Burns MP commented that ‘the JCPAA has an important function to scrutinise the administration of major areas of government expenditure. Recent reports from the Australian National Audit Office suggest there are many areas for improvement in the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and in Defence procurement, and the Committee will examine some of these areas this week.’
‘The hearing into Defence procurement will focus on the 2023–24 and 2024–25 Defence Major Projects Reports, continuing the Committee’s commitment to scrutinising Defence expenditures.’
Date: Thursday, 23 April 2026
Time: 10.00am – 1.30pm National Disability Insurance Scheme
2.30pm – 4.30pm Defence Major Projects Reports
Venue: Committee Room 2R1, Parliament House
Witnesses: Hearing into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- National Disability Insurance Agency
- Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission
- Australian National Audit Office
Hearing into the 2023–24 and 2024-25 Defence Major Projects Reports
- Department of Defence
- Australian National Audit Office
The hearings will be broadcast live and will be accessible from the Parliament House website at https://www.aph.gov.au/live.
Details on the inquiry into the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and inquiry into the 2023–24 and 2024-25 Major Projects Reports—including terms of references and submissions—are available on the Committee’s website.
Media inquiries
Kitty Middleton, Office of Josh Burns MP
0429 044 218
For background information
Committee Secretariat
02 6277 4615
[email protected]
For more information about this Committee, you can visit its website. On the site, you can make a submission to an inquiry, read other submissions, and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can also track the Committee and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
