How to Become an NDIS Sole Trader: Registration, Insurance, PRODA and What It Actually Costs

Illustration representing NDIS sole trader registration as a decision point between registered and unregistered provider status

A practical walk-through of NDIS sole trader registration: the registered-versus-unregistered decision, what the process actually involves, what it costs, and a PRODA deadline worth knowing before you start. If you’re starting NDIS sole trader registration, the first thing worth knowing is that most of what you’ll read online treats registration as a single fixed process. … Read more

NDIS Software for Sole Traders: What You Actually Need (and What to Skip)

Illustration representing NDIS software for sole traders, showing one independent provider equipped for every part of running their own NDIS business

A practical guide to NDIS software for sole traders, matched to how your participants’ funding is managed and whether you’re registered, rather than to a feature list built for a team you don’t have. Search “NDIS software for sole traders” and most results read the same way: a feature list built for a twenty-person organisation, … Read more

Reducing Handover Friction: NDIS Shift Handover Best Practice in Shift-Based Care

Illustration of two support workers completing a structured shift handover for NDIS shift handover best practice

a working NDIS shift handover best practice guide for shift-based teams, adapted from a structured framework already proven in healthcare. A support worker finishes a shift, writes a quick note, and leaves. The next worker arrives, skims it if there’s time, and starts the shift cold. Nothing about that sequence is unusual, and nothing about … Read more

SIL Practice Standards Are Now Mandatory: A Provider’s Compliance Checklist

SIL Practice Standards checklist: an NDIS support worker and team leader reviewing a compliance dashboard together in a shared-living home, teal and purple isometric illustration

What actually changed on 1 July 2026 Supported Independent Living has always been one of the highest-risk support types in the NDIS: paid, often overnight, support delivered inside someone’s home. Until recently, it was also one of the least regulated. SIL could be delivered by registered and unregistered providers alike, and unregistered providers operated with … Read more

The NDIS Integrity and Safeguarding Act 2026: What It Actually Means for Your Business

NDIS provider staff reviewing the NDIS Integrity and Safeguarding Act 2026 and its three main changes

Four Federal Court penalties made headlines in the disability sector over the past eighteen months: $1.1 million against Oak Tasmania, $1.8 million against Livebetter Services, $2.2 million against Aurora Community Care, and $2.5 million against Lifestyle Solutions over its Hakone House service, according to case summaries reported by Mondaq. Those penalties were handed down under … Read more