Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

The scheme does have its problems with fraud, though; that is true. We heard at estimates the work that this government is doing to crack down on it. I went through my file about when did the ministers of the government start talking about fraud. I went through all of the seven coalition ministers for the NDIS. They never put out one press release on challenging or detecting fraud, not one—zip, nada, zilch! So the assumption that the opposition member is making is that somehow, under this government, fraud has started and it never existed under the previous government.

The real story of the NDIS is that it's a great idea and it's changing lots of lives. There are a lot of good service providers in it, and participants are benefiting. But it is not working as it should. Yes, I agree that some people are manipulating participants. There are reports, which this government has been discovering.

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