NDIA scrutinised woman’s social media posts to challenge her eligibility, tribunal decision reveals

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal heard the woman often used a walking stick or wheelchair because of her disability, and ruled she was eligible for the NDIS. Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) staff reviewed the social media accounts of a woman applying for the scheme and sent a report to a doctor engaged to provide an expert opinion, a tribunal decision reveals.

But their “intelligence report”, which included Facebook and LinkedIn posts dating back as far as 2015, was dismissed by a tribunal reviewing her case as “far from sound”.