Over many years, we’ve warned that the enormous pot of money on offer under the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) would spawn a whole range of middle-men, administrators and providers seeking to cash in, leading to significant waste, or worse fraud.
We’ve seen this before with the rorting of the private Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, rorting of childcare subsidies, and rorting of the Pink Batts Scheme.
Back in June, The Guardian reported that “allegations of fraud within the national disability insurance scheme have surged dramatically” with 25 dodgy former childcare operators to be booted from the scheme.
