NDIS crackdown welcomed by advocates as organised gangs infiltrate scheme

Providers and peak bodies have welcomed a planned crackdown on fraud and other criminal activity inside the national disability insurance scheme, warning organised gangs and dodgy services have for too long undermined the system and disadvantaging vulnerable people.

Laurie Leigh, CEO of National Disability Services, backed moves to address fraud in the system.

Mary Mallett, CEO of Disability Advocacy Network Australia, said the crackdown was overdue.

Mallett said her organisation more commonly saw issues of people being overcharged for services, or not having services delivered at all. She was also concerned at some unscrupulous service providers not giving greater choice to people they work with.