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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Labor to target ‘unethical practices’ and ‘shoddy therapies’ in expanded NDIS crackdown

Bill Shorten during question time
NDIS minister Bill Shorten wants to eliminate unethical practices that offer little or no value to participants. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Albanese government will target “unethical practices” and “shoddy therapies” as it broadens its crackdown on fraud against the national disability insurance scheme, Bill Shorten has revealed.

The government services and NDIS minister will on Tuesday call for an end to practices that treat disabled participants like “cash cows”, such as pressuring them to pay for services they don’t need or that are not in their plan.

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