Senate estimates told ‘dozens’ of participants had been sold illicit substances funded through NDIS plans
Bill Shorten said the NDIS scheme, which supports more than 600,000 Australians with disabilities, was ‘badly managed’ under consecutive Coalition governments.Bill Shorten said the NDIS scheme, which supports more than 600,000 Australians with disabilities, was ‘badly managed’ under consecutive Coalition governments.
“These issues of fraud did not start yesterday. The reality is that this scheme was initiated by Labor, and then the Liberals came into power, and there’s no doubt that they increased the size of the scheme. But the problem with what they did is I would have to mark their stewardship of the scheme as incompetent and naive,” he said.
“Until we actually go and do integrity work, it’s impossible to find out what they’re actually claiming for,” he said. The Greens senator alleged Dardo was inventing a “narrative” for “the government to imply that disabled people are using our NDIS funds for holidays, drinks and alcohol”.
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