Chris Coombes has worked as a disability support worker, has a Masters from the London School of Economics and works constantly for a fairer NDIS. He is a Subject Matter Specialist at DSC, which delivers training, conferences and consulting services relating to the NDIS.
The Albanese Government wants to make huge changes to the NDIS in the name of fixing fraud, however, only a small fraction of savings are expected to come from targeting fraud. So, while everyone has read stories about shonky NDIS providers, is NDIS fraud really more widespread than other types of fraud in the federal budget?
Current changes to the NDIS will remove at least 241,000 people from the scheme by the end of the decade. Why is Australia accepting this ‘broken promise’ to people with disability? Because the public was softened up by relentless claims about NDIS fraud.
