Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
AAP
AAP
Politics
Maeve Bannister

Further NDIS resourcing to tackle fraud

The federal government will consider allocating more resources to prevent fraud in the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

False invoices, organised crime syndicates and overcharging for services are behind exploitation of the scheme, NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says.

"These crooks leave patterns ... we just need to give the resources to our regulators to catch the crooks, detect the patterns and stop the operations," he told reporters in Melbourne on Monday.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.