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Zac de Silva

Labor-led committee calls for tougher NDIS fraud rules

Tough measures are needed to stop fraud eroding public trust in the NDIS, an inquiry has warned. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Dodgy disability providers could be named and shamed, fines for bad conduct increased and greater powers granted to agencies overseeing the NDIS in a bid to crack down on fraud in the scheme.

As the federal government plans to kick hundreds of thousands of participants off the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a parliamentary inquiry warned tougher measures are needed to limit the amount of taxpayer money stolen by fraudsters.

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