Because the corrupt LNP did nothing for 9 long years to stop the...

Because the corrupt LNP did nothing for 9 long years to stop the rorting!

"The watchdog for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) says criminal rorting of the social service is even worse than previously feared.In 2022, Michael Phelan, then the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission chief, warned as much as a fifth of disability funding in the NDIS was being abused by organised crime groups, prompting a government crackdown.The NDIS has cost an estimated $44 billion this financial year, meaning at least $8 billion worth of funding intended for people with disability is allegedly being abused by crime syndicates."

"$160 million was also committed in the budget to stepping up the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's capabilities.The government hopes its reforms and provider crackdowns will save the government $14.4 billion of expected growth in NDIS expenses over the next four years. Mr Shorten said the changes were overdue."There will be much-needed improvements, needed for really the last 10 years to be able to have modern forms of investigating and monitoring to make sure that some people, some service providers, are not ripping off people with disability and the taxpayer," Mr Shorten said."

Mr Phelan said the regulator has been trying to do its job with "1990s data" and databases that did not match up.He said modern intelligence techniques would allow the agency to get ahead of problems "before they become problems".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-24/ndis-rorts-by-organised-crime-worse-than-feared-watchdog/103888752